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The Artist In Me
Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)
Photo by: Arnold Newman
Cubist
"Every child is an artist. The problem
is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. His last name was actually Ruiz - Picasso is his mother's maiden name. His father was an artist and art teacher. Picasso began creating complex artwork when he was very young and was accepted to a well-known art school when he was 14.
Picasso's paintings from 1901-1904 were somewhat sad and featured the color blue therefore paintings he did during this time are referred to as his "blue period". Following this, Picasso went through his "rose period" from 1904-1906. Also during this time, Picasso began creating sculptures and even designed costumes for the ballet.
Picasso moved permanently to Paris in 1904 and became friends with Georges Braque. They helped to develop the Cubist style. This style breaks items down to basic geometric shapes. As Picasso's style evolved, not only did he use basic shapes but he would often show the same subject from different points of view - e.g., you could see both a front view and profile of the person in the painting.
Picasso created more than 20,000 art works in his lifetime and no painter was more famous in his own lifetime than Picasso. Picasso had four children. He died on April 8, 1973.
Create Your Own Art in the Style of Pablo Picasso
Create a portrait in the style of Picasso's less realistic works. Some examples include:
- Jacqueline Rocque
- Portrait of a Man in a Hat
- Weeping Woman
- Maya, Picasso's Daughter with a Doll and the one on the wall in the computer lab
- Portrait of a Woman.
Use http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html to create your own Mr. Picasso Head. Be creative and try to capture the style of a Picasso.
Ask me how to get this saved to your computer as Your Name - Picasso! Once you have this saved, go to your Powerpoint Art Gallery and add your Picasso image and add a small image for Picasso to the title page of your Art Gallery.
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