Pablo Picasso/CubismPablo Picasso/Cubism

Presented By Grace MataiaPresented By Grace Mataia

IntroductionIntroduction Pablo Picasso (October Pablo Picasso (October

25, 1881 - April 8, 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was a Spanish 1973) was a Spanish artist who artist who revolutionized revolutionized painting, drawing, painting, drawing, sculpture, and sculpture, and ceramics (pottery). ceramics (pottery). Picasso was born in Picasso was born in Malaga, in southern Malaga, in southern Spain. Spain.

His father was an artist His father was an artist and art teacher. Picasso and art teacher. Picasso was a child prodigy, was a child prodigy, producing complex producing complex artwork at an early age.artwork at an early age.

During his life, Picasso During his life, Picasso painted in many styles, painted in many styles, including realism, including realism, cubism (1906-1918), cubism (1906-1918), and other abstract and other abstract styles. styles.

Woman on chair

Sauce pan

The beginnings of cubismThe beginnings of cubism PicassoPicasso In late 1906, Picasso In late 1906, Picasso

started to paint in a started to paint in a truly revolutionary truly revolutionary manner. Inspired by manner. Inspired by Cézanne's flattened Cézanne's flattened depiction of space, and depiction of space, and working alongside his working alongside his friend Georges Braque, friend Georges Braque, he began to express he began to express space in strongly space in strongly geometrical terms. geometrical terms.

These initial efforts at These initial efforts at developing this almost developing this almost sculptural sense of space sculptural sense of space in painting are the in painting are the beginnings of Cubism.."beginnings of Cubism.."

Self portrait

Portrait of maneul pallers

Anaylytical CubismAnaylytical Cubism

By 1910, Picasso By 1910, Picasso and Braque had and Braque had developed Cubism developed Cubism into an entirely into an entirely new means of new means of pictorial pictorial expression. expression.

At its height, At its height, Analytical Analytical Cubism reached Cubism reached levels of levels of expression that expression that threatened to threatened to pass beyond the pass beyond the understanding of understanding of the viewer. the viewer.

Guitar player

Portrait of Wihelm Uhde

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