-Pablo Picasso

Picasso was not only an extremely influential artist but was also politically active. He lived to be 92 years old and his life grew to be incredibly famous. He stood apart from the crowd, standing by his own political views even if they were not the “norm” at the time. Picasso was also a free thinker with his artwork. He had a unique style and due to this, he became the first artist to have fame during his lifetime.

Picasso was born in 1881, Malaga, Spain. His parents Don Jose Ruiz and Dona Maria Lopez named him Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Pablo Picasso was baptized at the Iglesia de Santiago. Picasso was declared a “delicate child” due to an illness that affected his kidneys in the time between 1881-1890. He was sent to a private school where he never gained a full grasp of the alphabet or arithmetic. During this time he began to draw and paint under his father’s tuition.

He overcomes his “delicate” description and enters secondary school and social activities with enthusiasm. He also shows this enthusiasm with his artwork.

During the blue period (1901-1903) Picasso’s paintings focused mainly on

Pablo Picasso was no ordinary man. He excelled with greatness in a variety of areas. Due to the complexity of his nature, this paper has just shown a tiny look into his life. The greatness of this man is compiled but there are many instances that could show how amazing and talented he was. Therefore, this paper is really to just get you started in the exploration of a man who has contributed so much to society.

Picasso mat have felt an especially deep sympathy for circus performers. This drawing may seem to one that it is somewhat realistic because of how Picasso empathized with circus performers. One may believe he thought that he was like them because he was there to entertain the public with his paintings just like clowns hiding behind their face paint, not showing their real feelings and having to be happy and make others happy.

In 1904 Picasso’s style shifted inaugurating the Rose Period. Sometimes referred to as the Circus Period. Although Picasso still focused on social outcasts especially circus performers his color scheme lightened featuring warmer, reddish hues, and the thick outlines of the Blue Period disappeared. However, Picasso still kept his interest in the theme of alienation.

The head of the woman with the lamp swoops downwards from the upper right hand corner. One could say she represents the evil of the physical world. In the bottom left of the drawing is a fallen warrior. This warrior is said to be relatable to Parsifal, because of the broken sword in his hand. Parsifal was given a magnificent sword, which breaks in two at a crucial moment in battle. Above the hand of the wounded warrior is a mother weeping for her dead child. One could say this may symbolize the innocent people that died. On the opposite side of the drawing is a man reaching from a darkroom towards a small window of light. Infasizing the need for peace or the wanting of peace.

When Picasso painted this work there was great hysteria over the threat of the death of syphilis and other sexual diseases. With uncertainty in mind, the deformity of the prostitutes’ bodies may be read as an expression of Picasso’s fear toward women, and of his association of sexual pleasure with the threat of disease and death.

One can see that this painting is practical. Picasso used soft definitive lines, especially in the woman’s cloak or wrap. It seems to one that the two nudes (the woman and the man pointing at the baby) are somewhat jealous of the woman with the baby. One can say the figures in the paintings may feel as if they are trapped, and the woman with the baby is free. The lines used in La Vie are soft flowing lines not heavy. The woman with the baby the strokes of the lines are darker and more defined especially her dark blue wrap. The contrast of light and shadow is show in the cloak of this woman.

The painting became a timely and prophetic vision of the Second World War. And is now recognized as an international icon for peace. In the drawing Guernica, there is a theme of death. Picasso incorporated the same complex layering of imagery and themes. Guernica is full of hidden images and themes; consequently almost every line and shape is meaningful, either in the context of what it represents or what it is concealing.

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