The art of Picasso

Picasso : Influential Modern Artist of the 20th Century

Amy Hunter

Professor D . Butler

HUM 2230

April 17 , 2007

OUTLINE

Thesis : Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and one of the original exponents of cubism . He experimented in so many ways that he developed collage as an artistic technique aside from assemblage in sculpture - possibly making him the leading innovator in 20th century art

Introduction

Brief life story

Brief story of his works and valuable contributions

Artworks

Blue Period

Rose Period

Cubism (1908 - 1917

p Guernica (1937

World War II (1939 - 1945

Later Works (1945 - 1973

Conclusion

Picasso : Influential Modern Artist of the 20th Century

Art is an expression and expression , for our own ends , is the putting forth of purpose , feeling , or thought into a sensuous medium , where they can be experienced again by the one who created it and to others who view its magnificence . This intends to explore the works of renowned Spanish painter Pablo Picasso . To understand his works is to understand his life history which may be the basis for his expressions in art

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish-born painter and sculptor . He was born Pablo Ruiz Blasco , in Malaga , Spain and studied art with his father who was an art teacher . He later adopted his mother 's more distinguished maiden name , Picasso , as his own . Though Spanish by birth , he lived most of his life in France

Picasso was an originator of an art movement called Cubism and a contributor to many other artistic movements . His abstract paintings made him one of the most controversial and influential artists of the 20th century . He experimented in so many ways that he developed collage as an artistic technique aside from assemblage in sculpture - possibly making him the leading innovator in 20th century art

Most of Picasso 's numerous sculptures were largely unknown until 1966 when they were included in the Paris retrospective exhibition honoring his 85th birthday . The themes and forms of his sculptures were closely related to those of his paintings

Picasso settled in Paris in 1904 . In 1917 , while designing ballet sets for Diaghilev in Rome , Picasso met the ballerina Olga Kaklova . They were married and Picasso lived in Paris until after the Second World War when Picasso decided to settle in Southern France . There he turned his attention to ceramics and graphic arts . After the death of Kaklova , he married Jacqueline Roque in 1961

During his long career , Picasso painted and sculpted in many styles . His works often reflected his many love affairs . His feelings as influenced also by what was happening around him were sometimes inspirations for his artworks

His expressions in art were divided into phases or artistic periods

His so called formative period from 1893 - 1900 covers the time he spent with his father and his formal studies in art at the Academy of Fine Arts in La Corusa , Spain , where his father taught . During this period his early drawings included Study of a Torso , After a Plaster Cast (1894-1895 , Musye...