Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists in the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso painted many great pieces of artwork. Some of his most famous paintings were painted during the blue period. The blue period was Picasso’s personal creation. From 1901 to 1904 it focused on loneliness and despair and was mainly done in shades of blue, so that is why it is called the blue period. By 1904 the blue period was unpopular, so Picasso painted paintings that were warmer and brighter colors.

Pablo Picasso had a friend called Cézanne. Picasso liked Cézanne’s work. Picasso also liked Cézanne’s paintings of Africa and the ocean. Picasso also liked Cézanne’s style called cubism, which Picasso used in Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon, The Three Musicians, and The Sailor Boy With a Butterfly Net. Cubism was a style of art that was painted in cubes, so everything was pointed and jagged. By 1906, Picasso began painting gigantic people. In 1907 Picasso created one of his greatest paintings called Less Demoiselles d’ Avignon. The picture was 5 giant females figures wearing masks. This was the first cubism picture Picasso created. In 1912 Picasso put little pieces of news clippings in his artwork to make it seem realistic to other people.

From 1918 to 1924 Picasso painted in a more classical style with huge and serious figures. In 1937, Picasso painted Guernica as a protest from the bombing of the city Guernica during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The painting was Picasso’s way to show his and other people’s feelings about the war. The picture was a symbol of crises and disaster. After 1937 Picasso’s paintings, sculptures, and ceramics developed a more relaxed and gentle feeling.                                                                           

Picasso’s Life

Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25,1881 and died April 8, 1973. His dad was an art teacher at the local school. He wanted Picasso to be a great artist when he grew up. When Picasso was helping a guy named Diaghilev with his ballet classes when he met his future wife Olga Kaklova. Picasso went to a great length to entertain his children, dressing in up women’s’ underwear, drawing on tablecloths, performing magic tricks with paper towel, and making birthday dinners made up entirely with chocolate desserts.

We still Pablo Picasso today because when our parents were children they probably liked Picasso and passed it to us, and in many museums in the U.S. we can still see his artwork.

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