1. Pablo Picasso
By Olivia Miller

2. Pablo Ruiz y Picasso Born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881
Died April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France

3. Picasso’s Family Life
Father was Jose Ruiz Blasco, who was an art teacher.
Mother was Maria Picasso y Lopez.
Married Olga Koklova, a Russian Ballerina, in Seperated, but remained legally married until her death in Together they had a son, Paulo.
Had a long term affair with Marie Therese Walter beginning in Together they had a daughter named Maya.
With artist/writer Françoise Gilot, Picasso had two children, Paloma and Claude.
Married Jacquline Roque in 1961 and stayed with her until death.

4. Picasso’s “Blue Period”
From
Depicted a world of the poor
Used very melancholy colors
Said to have been provoked by his friend, Casagemas, death

6. Picasso’s “Rose Period”
From
Subjects seem circus-like
Lighter/”happier” colors
Said to be provoked by the meeting of one of his lovers, Ferande Oliver

7. Cubism
Picasso and the French artist George Braque together created the ideas of cubism.
Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is considered the most significant work in the development towards Cubism
Two kinds: analytical and synthetic

9. Important Dates 1881- Birth 1885- moves with family to Barcelona
1900- Begins to travel to Paris regularly
1901- Casagemas commits suicide, provoking Picasso’s “Blue Period”
1904- permanently moves to Paris, meets Ferande Oliver and begins the “Rose Period”
1907- meets Georges Braque and cubism is born
1916- collaboration on ballet and theatrics begin
1918- marries Olga on July 12
1927- meets Marie-Therese Walter
1935- seperates from Olga

10. More Dates 1937- the Spanish Civil War inspires Guernica
1939- mother dies in Barcelona
1943- meets Francoise Gilot; becomes interested in sculpting
1946- moves to the south of France; begins ceramics
Francoise leaves him and is replaced by Jacqueline Roque
1961- moves to Notre-Dame-de-Vie with Jacquline
1973- Dies on April 8

11. Travels Moved to Barcelona, Spain with family in 1885
Traveled to Paris reguarly in 1900, but finally settled there from
Moves to the south of France in 1946

12. Quotes
“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality”
“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them”
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”

13. Bibliography http://aphorismen-archiv.de/images/picasso.jpg

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