Pablo PicassoThe whole picture

Biography

Picasso was born in October 25, 1881 in the town of Malaga, Spain.

His father was a professor of drawing.

It was at an early age that Picasso's father noticed his ability at drawing and encouraged it. At age ten he joined the local art academy in Barcelona.

Picasso’s early years

• 1897 Picasso headed for Madrid.• While there he entered the Royal

Academy of San Fernando. Being he did not care for the teaching there he spent most of his time wandering the streets looking for inspiration for his art. He became greatly influenced by the museum of paintings, where he discovered the Spanish artisans of old.

Moulin de la Galette 1900

The death of Carlos Casagemas1899-1900

Self portrait 1896 Absinthe

Drinker 1901

Woman with a cigarette 1901

Portrait of Soler 1903

1901 The Blue Period

• After the death of Picasso’s friend Carles Casagemas; Picasso became stricken with grief and guilt which was apparent in his art. He entered what became to be known as the Blue Period.

Le Gourmet 1901

The old guitarist 1903The Tragedy 1903

Self portrait 1903

La Vie 1903 La Celestina 1904

Woman Ironing 1904

Rose Period 1905-06

It was in the spring of 1904 when Picasso made the permanent move to Paris. In late 1904 Picasso became involved with Fernande Olivier. This relationship brought Picasso out of his depressed shell. Picasso entered what is now known as his Rose Period.

Two youths 1905

Nude boy 1906

The Peasants 1906

Woman in Chemise 1904-05

Lady with a fan 1905

Harlequin Family 1905

La Famille de saltimbanques 1905

Beginning of Cubism1906-09

In 1906 Picasso and his colleague Georges Braque working together started a new way of painting a flat space along with provocative geometric shapes at the same time. This new form of painting was to be called Cubism.

Fruit in a Vase1909

Pitcher and Bowls

1908

Green pan and Black Bottle 1908

Glass Vessels 1906

Friendship 1908 Pot, Glass and

Book 1908

Manuel Pallares 1909

Analytical Cubism 1910-12

By 1910 Picasso and Braque had completely revamped their cubism painting. They took objects and broke them down into pieces to give it different perspectives. This technique was deemed analytical cubism.

Ambroise Vollard 1910

Ma Jolie 1911

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler 1910

Aficionado 1912

The Glass 1911 Accordionist 1911

Wilhelm Uhde 1910

The Guitar Player 1910

Synthetic Cubism 1912-17

When Picasso and Braque glued a piece of oilcloth onto a canvas and painted around it they came up with synthetic cubism. According to both artist, this is the natural progression of cubism itself.

Guitar and Violin

1912

Clarinet and Violin 1913

Harlequin and Woman with a Necklace 1917

Musical Instruments 1912

Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Vieux Marc 1914

Portrait of a Girl 1914

Still-life with fruit dish on a table 1914-15

Tavern 1914

Woman in an arm chair 1913

Between Wars 1921-38

It was just before World War One when Picasso an Braque stopped working together. After the war Picasso used the emotional unrest from the atrocities of the war to slip back towards the classical form of art and at the same time pushing the boundaries of cubism.

Three musicians 1921

Deux femmes courant sur la plage 1922 Portrait of

Maya with doll 1938

Mother and Son 1938

Large still-life with a Pedestal table 1931

Paul as Harlequin 1924

Picasso’s Legend 1937-57

By the end of the 1930’s Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists in the world. His art was greatly influenced by the women in his life. Picasso was even asked to capture the brutality of the Spanish Civil war in a painting he named “Guernica”.

Guernica 1937

Woman-Flower 1946

Enfant avec cheval a roulettes 1949

Woman sitting in an armchair 1941

Picasso’s later works1965-72

It was at this point of Picasso's tremendous career, in which he was at an all time high, as far as production goes. Picasso was able to produce the most paintings in the last 8 years of his life than at any other time during his career as an artist.

Embrace 1971

Rembrandtesque figure and cupid 1969

Musketeer with Pipe 1968

Seated man (self portrait) 1965

L’ Aubade 1965 Seated old man 1970-71

The Sleepers 1965Self Portrait 1972

Pablo Picasso died April 8th, 1973

“We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.”

Pablo Picasso