1. Pablo Picasso

2. A Brief Bio Born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain
When his family moved to Barcelona in 1895 Picasso enrolled in School of Fine Arts at age 14
At age 16, Picasso moved to Madrid only to move back to Barcelona in 1899
In the early 1900s Picasso moved to Paris and opened his own studio where he broke away from classical methods of creating art and began to create “Cubism”
Died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91

3. Fun Facts
His real full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso
His father was a painter and art teacher
Rumored first word “piz, piz” short for “lápiz”
Picasso was a terrible student – preferring to doodle rather than take notes. He often skipped school to sketch around the city.
He was married twice: Olga Khoklova ( ) a ballerina and Jacqueline Roque (1961-death)
Picasso had 4 children: Paul, Maya, Claude, and Paloma (Paloma designs jewelry for Tiffany&Co.)
Picasso joined the Communist Party after World War II

4. Cubism & Surrealism
CUBISM: a style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted objects
Art critics and historians divide Picasso’s career into distinct periods, they include: the Blue Period ( ), the Rose Period ( ), Cubism ( ), Synthetic Cubism ( ), Classical / Realism Period ( )and Surrealism (1927-dealth)
SURREALISM: the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations

5. La Vieand the Old Guitarist
The Blue Period
La Vieand the Old Guitarist
Self Portrait

6. Family at Saltimbanques
The Rose Period
Family at Saltimbanques
Gertrude Stein

7. Still Life with a Violin and Guitar Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table
Cubism
Still Life with a Violin and Guitar
Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table
Man with a violin

8. Synthetic Cubism
Three Musicians
Card Player

9. Classical Period
The Lovers
The Pipes of Pan

10. Surrealism
Guernica

11. Don Quixote de la Mancha
Later Works
Owl
Don Quixote de la Mancha

12. One of Picasso’s final works
Self Portrait Facing Death

13. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth
Pablo Picasso
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth
~ Pablo Picasso ~