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Picasso HistoryPablo Picasso
Are you prepared for reading the full name of Pablo Picasso? Sure? Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. Alright, you can breath now... Pablo was born in Malaga, Andalusian region, Spain, on October 25, 1881.
He is one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century. The LearningHis father was a painter. He taught drawing at the school of Fine Arts and Crafts. Pablo, from his early age, showed a clear tendency and skill for drawing. His father trained him in drawing and oil painting since he was seven years old. The family of Pablo was a middle-class family. His father accepted a better paid job in La Coruña and the family moved there in 1891, when Pablo was ten years old. Pablo entered the school of Fine Arts in La Coruña, but the most important teacher he had, was his father. Four years later, when his father saw the excellent performance of the works developed by Pablo, he decided that he will never paint again. In 1895, his father got a job at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, and the family moved to this city. At the age of sixteen, his father and uncle sent Pablo to Madrid, to the Royal Academy of San Fernando, the main art school in Spain. He passed the entrance exam for advanced courses, but he would abandon the classes short after. The Young Picasso
Pablo returned to Barcelona in 1898, after he caught scarlet fever. In 1900, Picasso went to Paris, which was then considered the most important artistic capital of Europe.
Those years were not easy for Pablo. The lack of money created a difficult situation for him. He went to Madrid, where he participated as co-founder of the magazine Arte Joven (Young Art). Picasso made the illustrations in the magazine, in the form of cartoons. But short after, in 1901, he came back to Paris. Pablo was strongly influenced by the suicide of his friend Casagemas. He painted more than one picture about
his friend, which reveal the significance of this event in his life. The Artist
The works of Pablo were influenced by different experiences and events in his life.
His difficult times at the beginning marked one period. In case you are interested, you can read detailed information about the private life of Picasso. The War times and his political point of view are also reflected on his works. During the Second World War, he was in Paris, but unlucky, because Nazis did not like his style. After the liberation of Paris, he joined the Communist Party. He also participated of the Peace Movement, which held a World Peace Conference in Paris in 1949. The famous dove created by Picasso was adopted as the official symbol of the Peace Movement. Pablo was also a sculptor. One of his works, among others, is the sculpture in Chicago.
He was commissioned to make a fifteen meters high public sculpture, which can be seen in Chicago downtown. He donated his work to the people of the city. The works of Pablo are distinguished in periods, though some of them are still on debate.
The time when he was living in Barcelona City played an important role in his early works.
You can see these works and others from his youth, in the Picasso Museum of Barcelona. The Old PicassoPablo never wanted to fight in any of the three wars, The World War I, the Spanish Civil War or the World War II. He was a pacifist, but some called him of coward. After the liberation of Paris in 1944, Pablo begun a new period, but after some years, he lived a difficult times when his new mistress, François Gilot, left him in 1953. There are several works reflecting the war times. Perhaps the most popular work of Pablo is the Guernica, which depict the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Pablo was already a very famous artist and a celebrity. He had enough money to live a good life.
He bought a large villa at the south of France, where he was working for a time. Pablo decided to buy the Chateau Vauvenargues, near Aix-en-Provence, and moved there. The works of this times had again changes in color tones. He was very creative and productive during his last years, by producing a lot of paintings and cooper plate etchings. Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973. The body of the Artist was buried in the Chateau Vauvenargues, his last
residence in France. Read more about the Master, his life and artworks
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