Pablo Picasso

Fast Facts

His full name comprised total of 23 words.
His first word was “Piz”, short form of “Lapiz” which means pencil in Spanish – a basic tool of painting.
He was intensely inquired about the Mona Lisa theft happened in 1911.
His Last words were “Drink to me, drink to may health, you know i can’t drink anymore.”

Biography

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Also known as	Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso
Nationality	Spanish
Skills	Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramicist, Stage Designer, Poet, Playwright
Born	25 October 1881 in Málaga, Andalusian, Spain
Died	8 April 1973 in Mougins, France
Period	African-Influenced Period, Blue Period, Cubism, Rose Period
Painting Style	Cubism
Legacy	Guernica, Cubism, Dora Maar au Chat, Le Reve, The Weeping Woman, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,
Student of	José Ruiz y Blasco (father), Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Paintings of Pablo Picasso

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler by Pablo Picasso

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December 25, 201520th Century Cubism Portrait Painting WesternNo comments

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Guernica by Pablo Picasso

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February 5, 201420th Century Cubism Western1 Comment

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Guernica is a well-appraised painting by the acclaimed artist Pablo Picasso. This mural sized painting was artist’s reaction to the real life bombing on the town of Guernica in Spain during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The painting and its world-tour during the year helped largely to bring the world’s attention towards the ongoing civil war and its harsh consequences. Today, the painting has become the anti-war symbol. According to some reviewers, the painting was the greatest accomplishment of Picasso’s career for its impacts on the world about the bombing. Picasso and his fellows pushed Cubism ahead with entirely accepting the art-movement and the represented art is a piece of cubist art. The Real Guernica Bombing Bombing of Guernica happened on 26th April, 1937. […]

Garçon à la pipe by Pablo Picasso

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January 28, 201420th Century Portrait Painting WesternNo comments

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Pablo Picasso’s second most expensive painting of all the time. The boy sitting in blue clothes with red-brownish background and flower paints on the wall is having a smoking pipe in his hand and a garland on his head. Picasso was around 24 years old when he painted this art-piece. Moreover, the painting belongs to his Rose Period. Apparently, it was the time, when Picasso was painting the natural figure before he jumped into the Cubism Movement, which gave us the Guernica. The latest price of the panting in May, 2004 was around $104 million ($129 million with adjusted price inflation), which was highest price for a painted sold at an auction. The recent trend to buy a painting at big price tag just because the […]

Le Reve by Pablo Picasso

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January 23, 201420th Century Portrait Painting Western3 Comments

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Le Reve (“Dream” in French) is Pablo Picasso‘s most famous, expensive and also controversial painting of all the time. The highly contrasting colors and the overly simplified depiction is from Picasso’s period of distorted depictions. He had various periods of different types of depictions in his art during his lifetime. This style is said to be near style of Fauvism, which also used contrasting colors. A little controversy attached to this piece of art is that Picasso has depicted an erect penis over the face of the woman, which is not official but many critics believe it to be portrayal of his own. Artists do include hidden messages, ideas or designs in their paintings often and the apparent resemblance of the painting is provoking the critics […]