Pablo Picasso was immediately entered into the art world at a very young age by his father who quickly realised his talent and set about helping him to achieve his potential. He was rushed into the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at the tender age of 14 and progressed quickly.
Picasso entered a phase which lasted from 1900 to 1906 which is referred to as his Blue and Rose Period. As in the name, the blue period involved blue in many of his works, generally representing a negative side of his subjects' lives. This style gained popularity even with the most traditional of art experts. His paintings picked up a more pink tone during his later rose period.
Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and George Braques all became friends of Pablo Picasso after he moved to the capital of arts, Paris, in 1904. Here Picasso was introduced to new art movements by its very influences, such as French Fauvism and Picasso.
Cubism was created by Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris, after the legacy of Paul Cezanne started to take effect. Its use of geometrical shapes is still popular today, and remains Picasso's biggest legacy.
Picasso's style developed into symbolism in his classics "Guernica", "Dying horse" and "Weeping woman". Guernica is a huge black and white canvas to represent the destruction of a Basque village during the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica by Picasso remained at the museum of Modern Art, New York until 1981. After that it was taken to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and then the Queen Sofia Center of Art, also Madrid in 1992. Picasso had prevented the Guernica returning to Spain until the end of Fascist rule by General Franco.
Picasso entered a phase which lasted from 1900 to 1906 which is referred to as his Blue and Rose Period. As in the name, the blue period involved blue in many of his works, generally representing a negative side of his subjects' lives. This style gained popularity even with the most traditional of art experts. His paintings picked up a more pink tone during his later rose period.
Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and George Braques all became friends of Pablo Picasso after he moved to the capital of arts, Paris, in 1904. Here Picasso was introduced to new art movements by its very influences, such as French Fauvism and Picasso.
Cubism was created by Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris, after the legacy of Paul Cezanne started to take effect. Its use of geometrical shapes is still popular today, and remains Picasso's biggest legacy.
Picasso's style developed into symbolism in his classics "Guernica", "Dying horse" and "Weeping woman". Guernica is a huge black and white canvas to represent the destruction of a Basque village during the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica by Picasso remained at the museum of Modern Art, New York until 1981. After that it was taken to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and then the Queen Sofia Center of Art, also Madrid in 1992. Picasso had prevented the Guernica returning to Spain until the end of Fascist rule by General Franco.
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