Pablo Picasso
Who: Spanish painter,
draughtsman, and sculptor
Born: Oct. 25,
1881, in Spain
Died: April 8,
1973, in France
Age 14 he passed
the entrance exam to Barcelona School of Fine Arts
80 of his 91
years Picasso devoted himself to art.
Known for the
modern art
Georges Braque
and Pablo Picasso created Cubism.
What: Blue period
1901 -1904
Evocation
Life
Rose period 1904- 1906
Girl in Chemise
Woman with the crow
Acrobat with young hareleguin
Black period 1906-1907
Les Demiselles d’Avignon
Self- portrait
Cubism: 1907-1917
African period
Analytical Cubism
Between war 1918 – 1936
The lovers
Mother and Child
1937 - Famous art piece was Guernica
Made in 1937 for the commission for the Spanish Pavilion
World Fair in Paris.
Was asked to paint this by the Spanish government.
This painting shows the bombing during the Spanish Civil War
by Nazi Germany.
The painting was not allowed to be exhibited in Spain until
democracy had been established in the country, the painting was not sent back
to Spain until 1981.
Other paintings
Massacre in Korea
Girl before a Mirror
This painting is a picture of Picasso’s young mistress Marie
Therese Walter.
Daughter Maya
Wife Olga
“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth”
