User name

PabloPicasso_Artist

First name

Pablo

Last name

Picasso

Gender

Male

Profile Number

1088

Date of Birth

10/25/1881

About Me

Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881 to a conventional artistic family. From an early age, he displayed a talent for painting and began displaying his work from the age of 14. To further his artistic aspiration he left Spain for Paris where he became part of a new avant-garde movement of art. His early artistic career went through various states. One of the first stages was known as the Blue Period. In his late-teens his paintings were dominated by different shades of dark blue; they were also often melancholic. This included a famous self-portrait where Picasso looked much older than his 20 years. During 1904 to 1906, Picasso entered a phase known as The Rose Period Losing the glumness of his previous Blue Period, Picasso painted circus clowns, harlequins and people from the circus. The more cheerful and optimistic tone helped to attract an increasing number of patrons and people interested in his work. In particular, the American art collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein, and the art dealer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Kahnweiler was influential in helping to put Picasso on a secure financial footing. In 1907, Picasso continued his artistic experiments and took inspiration from African art. This led to an early form of cubism and also one of his most controversial paintings Les Demoiselles Avignon; it is a picture depicting five prostitutes in a brothel. It is an eye-catching and an original exploration of modernism in art, but when displayed in his studio the reaction from art critics was strongly negative. In the years before the First World War, Picasso continued to develop a new form of painting known as cubism. Cubism involved capturing the essence of the subject on the canvas but exaggerating certain features. The colours were invariably dull greys, brown and neutrals. In 1914, Picasso was living in Avignon with fellow artists. His French artist friends were called up to the army, but he was able to continue painting during the war. However, the German-born Kahnweiler was exiled from France and Picasso was left without a dealer. In 1918, Picasso married ballerina Olga Khokhlova. Shortly after he began a fruitful relationship with the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Rosenberg became good friends with Picasso and helped the couple settle in Paris, giving Picasso a new artistic social circle. Paris was considered an artistic hotspot of the Roaring Twenties, attracting many innovative artists. Picasso and his wife Khokholva had a tempestuous relationship. Picasso bohemian nature clashed with the social graces of Khokhlova. They remained married until 1955, but Picasso had several affairs and mistresses. In the 1920s and 30s, Picasso concentrated on more classical works of art. He became interested in depicting the human form in the style of neo-classical. To some extent, he was influenced by artists such as Renoir and Ingres, although he always retained a unique and individual expression. Picasso had an instinctive and natural compassion for those exposed to suffering, especially if it was as a result of injustice. His natural sympathy and desire for equality led him to join the French Communist party. During the Spanish Civil War, he supported the Republicans and nursed an intense dislike of Franco and what he did to Spain. See more at , https://www.biographyonline.net/artists/pablo-picasso.html#targetText=Pablo%20Picasso%20was%20born%20in,avant%2Dgarde%20movement%20of%20art.