Picasso, one of the most recognized figures of the 20th century art. He helped create such art styles as Cubism and Surrealism. He was also among the most innovative, influential, and prolific artists ever. He was born Pablo Ruiz Picasso on October 6, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Jose Ruiz y Blasco and Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father was an artist and professor of art at the School of Fine Arts, and also a curator of museum in Malaga, Spain. Picasso began studying art under his father's tutelage, continued at the Academy of Arts in Madrid for a year, and went on his ingenious explorations of the new horizons. He went to Paris in 1901 and found the environment conducive for his experiments with new art styles. Gertrude …show more content…
He made some softer and neo-classic artworks during his cooperation with the Russian Ballet of Sergei Diaghilev in Paris. In 1917 Picasso joined the Russian Ballet on tour in Rome, Italy. There he fell in love with Olga Khokhlova, a classical ballerina from the Russian nobility (her father was a General to the Russian Tsar Nickolas II). Picasso painted Olga as a Spanish girl in his painting "Olga Khokhlova in Mantilla" to convince his parents for their blessing, and his idea worked. Picasso and Olga Khokhlova wed in Paris, in 1918, and had one son, Paolo. After their marriage, Olga's high society lifestyle clashed with Picasso's bohemian manners. They separated in 1935, but remained officially married until her death in 1954. Meanwhile, his most famous lovers, Marie Therese Walter and Dora Maar, were also his inspirational models for a series of experimental …show more content…
His outcry for peace was expressed in large-scale painting Guernica (1937), created after the German bombing of this Spanish city. This powerful composition, showing the brutal inhumanity of war, became his most famous work and turned him into a political celebrity. In 1940 Picasso applied for French citizenship, but was denied it, and remained Spanish. Protected by his fame, he was untouchable even to the Nazis in the occupied Paris. A skillful self-promoter, he used politics, eccentricity, and provocation as a selling tool. Sarcastic harlequin and dominating minotaur were his personal symbols, frequently used in his artworks. His life turned into a PR campaign, playing with scandals; viciousness to his own children, exaggerated virility and beastly treatment of his women. However, he was forgiven by the public. Even his membership in the Communist party and his controversial comments about Joseph Stalin, who awarded Picasso the Stalin Prize for Peace in 1950, were ignored by his admirers. His life-long extraordinary artistic dialogue with Henri Matisse took a form of a "visual conversation" and exchange of their paintings with mutual respect. After WWII he returned to "classical" style and created the "Dove of
Picasso has strongly focused to give a political statement in his painting, it gives the viewers a message that killing of innocent people, violence, unrest in the region, bombing and the overall destruction is of no use to humanity and it only gives harm and pain. He is trying to tell the people that peace and harmony is the only solution that would benefit the world. Though the painting Guernica was painted by Picasso as a reply to the bombings and unrest in Spain by the German and Italian forces in Spanish civil war, the painting has not only created its affect for the Guernica of that time but also it has left a message and meaning for us and years to come. The unrest in many conflicted regions today, like what happened in the Arab spring
His study of art began when he was only 10 years of age. Before returning to Mexico in 1921, he studied in Mexico City, Spain, France, and Italy. Through his travels, he was greatly influenced by cubism painting, post-impressionism
In Mexico, he married Lupe Marin but later separated from her after having an affair with photographer, Tina Modotti. After he briefly visited the Soviet Union to teach painting and mural-making, he returned to Mexico and married now famous Frida
In the 20th century, Picasso moved to Paris, France to start his own studio. Many artists called this time the Blue Period of his adult career, which was from 1901-1904. Picasso 's famous paintings from the Blue period were "Blue Nude", "LaVie", and "The old Guitarist". Picasso also was interested in warmer colors and called this period the Rose period from 1904-1906.
Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, inventor, mathematician, and writer in the Renaissance. He became very popular as his work spread across the world. Some of his most popular work is the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, Lady with an Ermine, and Self-portrait. With his work growing in popularity his artwork was looked as a model. With his famous painting, the Mona Lisa, there is a foggy background.
He was born in 31, December 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis in Northern France. He was a painter, sculptor, drafts man, and printmaker. His mother was an amateur painter and his father was a corn merchant. He studied law from 1887 to 1891 and then decided to go to Paris, to become a painter. He drew some amazing paintings and all of them had a story behind it.
She deal with infertility, infidelity, and many other heartbreaking trials. I think that’s probably why Frida is one of my favorite artists, she was a true human being that had emotion and wasn’t afraid to let anyone know how she felt, and in that way I feel like I can relate to her. Throughout my paper we are going to explore Frida Kahlos life, her secrets and her mistakes, her heartbreaks and everything that made her an artist, and that molded her into the woman that she was when she died. Frida Kahlo was born in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico as Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon on
It is easy today for someone to see the effects famous artworks have had: the toy clocks that look like they are melting and dripping off the table, the parodies of artworks on coffee mugs, and the artistic styles that still appear across the world. Many of these products and influences originated from the 1930s. This time was characterized by the Great Depression, upcoming World War II, the entering of communism on the world stage. Economic strife and political orientation found their way into the world of art, helping to develop new movements of Surrealism, Social Realism, and Regionalism along with artists, such as Salvador Dali, that will continue to captivate large audiences for times to come. For much of the decade, Surrealism and Social
Edgar Rice Burroughs is born on September 1 1875, in Chicago, Illinois. As a seller of pencil sharpener, he was always looking through magazines to spot ads for his sharpeners. He read many stories in those magazines as he look through them. He knew that he could write even better tales than the ones he read in those magazines! Some of Burroughs ' famous works include Tarzan of the Apes and The Land That Time Forgot.
The Life and Times of Diego Rivera Diego Rivera is one of, if not the most, famous artist to ever come out of South America. His influence can be seen not only to his own country, but also all over the world. Rivera was born on December 13, 1886, the date of one of many Mexican religious festivals, in Guanajuato. He was the first in a set of twins. His twin brother’s name was José Carlos and he died at the age of one and a half.
This painting was created in 1939 by Frida Kahlo. Kahlo created this painting shortly after her divorce with her then husband Diego Rivera. It is said that the painting is used to represent the different sole characteristics of Frida. One of the images represents the traditional Frida in Tehuana costume with a broken heart, the other is seen as an modern day independent Frida. The period of the artwork
When he rejoined her in Chile, their marriage fell apart. Especially after she learned of Matilde Urrutia. They ended their marriage officially in 1955.Feinstein, 2004 == Later Years, Death and
While in his teen years, he traveled to Rome and Italy to advance as an artist. In the 1770s, his life changed when he started working for the Spanish royal court. He created portraits of the superiority, and he created art that criticized the public and radical problems of his era. Francisco Goya was one of the greatest artists in history.
Both De Beauvoir and Picasso had started their work after wars; she wrote the second sex after the French revolution as Picasso drew some of his paintings after the Spanish civil war. Their work depended on how they were influenced by the results of the war. De Beauvoir believed that war was a main reason which reinforces inferiority of women. Unlike Picasso who took the war as a starting point to his work; thus he painted Guernica. He embodied her writing in creating deep-misunderstood masterpieces.
Before analysing further into these figures, It is best to understand who Picasso is, and the historical & personal context of the painting. Picasso was one of the most influential and