Friday, 17 May 2013

Cubism Artist


Pablo Picasso


Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. He is the most famous artist of the twentieth century. Picasso and Georges Braque were the founders of Cubism. Pablo Picasso created about 50,000 sculptures, paintings, ceramics and drawings. His art was divided into several periods, for example his first paintings he used only blue tones. The blue tones reflect his sadness. This period is known as his Blue period. In 1925, he became friends with Surrealists and he started to paint surrealist paintings.


 
Man with a Hat and a violin



Pablo Picasso used newspaper articles (papiers collés) to make this painting. He cut and pasted a newspaper (‘Le Journal’) and he used charcoal. The texts on the newspaper refers to the Balkan Wars, to the unrest of the miners in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments and it refers to the critical issues debated in Parliament, in chambers and to local announcements and advertisements.  




References:



Pablo Picasso Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . 2013. Pablo Picasso Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

Pablo Picasso: Man with Hat and a Violin (1999.363.64) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Pablo Picasso: Man with Hat and a Violin (1999.363.64) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1999.363.64. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

BBC - Your Paintings - Pablo Picasso. 2013. BBC - Your Paintings - Pablo Picasso. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/pablo-picasso. [Accessed 17 May 2013].

 



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