PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973

Pablo Picasso is from Málaga. His father is a painter and a teacher Pablo Picasso is from Málaga. His father is a painter and a teacher. Pablo likes to draw bulls and doves. He studies Art in Barcelona, Madrid and in A Coruña. He has lots of artist friends in a little Cafe called "Los cuatro gatos". He goes to Paris...

“Los cuatro gatos” Salón de baile

Boy with dove

BLUE PERIOD Self-portrait in blue Tragedy in blue He goes to Paris but it´s a sad period. His friend Carlos and his sister Conchita die, and Pablo doesn´t have any money. All his paintings during this period are blue, that´s why it´s called the BLUE PERIOD Self-portrait in blue Tragedy in blue

Ängel Fernández de Soto BLUE PERIOD Tragedy in blue Ängel Fernández de Soto

After that, he falls in love After that, he falls in love. He lives in Montmartre near harlequins, acrobats, clowns... He starts to sell his paintings. He feels optimist so he uses warmer colours like pink. This period is called... ROSE PERIOD Mother and son

ROSE PERIOD

Now he paints pictures with cubes, spheres, cylinders, and other geometric shapes with his friend George Braque. CUBISM Factory

She was Picasso´s muse, he painted her more than 40 times SYLVETTE She was Picasso´s muse, he painted her more than 40 times

Picasso was asked to paint a picture for the EXPO Exhibition in Paris in 1937. When he heard about the bombing attack in Guernica, he painted this black and grey picture to express what Spain was living at the moment and his own feelings about it.

GUERNICA 1937

Middle school Picasso Portraits