By Silvia Sanchez Period 2 05/04/15 Pablo Picasso By Silvia Sanchez Period 2 05/04/15

background Pablo Picaso was born in Malaga, Spain 25 October 1881 Died April 8 1973 in Mougins France 1897, 16-year-old Picasso moved to Madrid to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Picasso is best known as one of the creators of Cubism  http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021#blue-period-blue-nude-la-vie-and-other-works

The Old Guitarist One of his most haunting images, while working in Barcelona timeless expression of human suffering.  late 1903–early 1904 his bent and sightless man holds close to him a large, round guitar , Its brown body represents the painting’s only shift in color  The old man’s elongated limbs and cramped, angular posture recall the figures of the great 16th-century artist El Greco. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/Modern/Guitarist

Family of Saltimbanques 1905 painting by Pablo Picasso considered the masterpiece of Picasso's Rose Period

reflection I think that Pablo Picasso was a very well known person for the kind of work he did. He manages to state his work during the hard times that existed during that time.