Hello!
First of all, have you ever seen a painting by Pablo Picasso?
I'm sure even people who don't know much about art have seen his paintings at least once.
Speaking of Picasso's paintings
・Strange
・Creepy
·colorful
・Bold
I'm sure you have an image of something like...
Picasso's paintings are so distinctive that once you see them, they have an unforgettable impact👀❕
This time, we will introduce the life and works of Pablo Picasso.
table of contents
・Pablo Picasso's life
｜・Picasso's real name
｜・Childhood
｜・Blue era
｜・Rose-colored era
｜・Age of African sculpture
｜・Era of Cubism
｜・Era of neoclassicism
｜・The era of surrealism
｜・Picasso's representative works
·summary
・Pablo Picasso's life
・Picasso's real name
By the way, do you know Picasso's real name?
Actually, the name Pablo Picasso is quite abbreviated, and his real name is
Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispin Crispiano de la Sandisima Trinidad Luis y Picasso
It's called!
The reason why it is so long is because it contains the names of Picasso's own ancestors and the names of saints. In Spain, where Picasso was born, there is a tradition of using multiple people's names as middle names, which led to the creation of such long names.
·childhood
Picasso was born on October 25, 1881.
Picasso's father was a painter, and he showed a talent for painting from an early age. There are many amazing stories about it.
・Learned perspective at age 9
・13-year-old Picasso's drawings were so good that his father quit being an artist.
・While the students around him took a month to complete his assignment at art school, Picasso completed it in one day.
・Won an honorable mention at the National Art Exhibition at the young age of 16
There are many anecdotes that can truly be called child prodigies.
・Blue era
Do you know about the `` Blue Period, '' which is essential when talking about Picasso ?
When Picasso was 19 years old, his friend, the painter Casmages, committed suicide. Picasso fell into depression during this period, and for about three years he painted many pictures with sad subjects using blue paint.
"Blue room"
"Seaside Mother and Child Statue"
"Living"
・A rose-colored era
Eventually, at the age of 23, he decided to live in Paris. After moving to Paris, finding a girlfriend, and becoming mentally stable, he began to paint paintings in bright colors.
This is called the " rosy era ."
"Boy with a Pipe"
"Sultanbank Family"
・Age of African sculpture
"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
He painted this work around 1907 , strongly influenced by African sculpture .
In particular, you can see that the two women on the right have faces that look like African masks.
・Era of Cubism
In 1909, the era of cubism that became synonymous with him began.
Cubism refers to a technique that combines images seen from multiple perspectives onto a single screen. It was a bold revolution that completely changed all the rules that had existed up until now in Western art.
At this time, photographic technology was slowly developing, and many painters were tired of creating realistic pictures.
"The Girl Playing the Mandolin"
・Era of neoclassicism
Around the same time as Cubism, Picasso also began creating works in a different style, Neoclassicism .
It is characterized by its appearance resembling ancient Roman statues and the way it is drawn, completely ignoring perspective.
"Two women running along the beach"
・The era of surrealism
Around 1924, an artistic movement called Surrealism arose in France. Translated into Japanese as "surrealism," it refers to a state in which human dreams and desires are mixed with reality.
Picasso was strongly influenced by this and decided to further pursue his own unrealistic worldview.
"Yellow haired woman"
"dream"
・Picasso's representative works
After going through these many eras, he painted " Guernica " in 1937.
I'm sure many of you have seen this work. The story is about an indiscriminate air raid by the Nazis on a place called Guernica at the time.
Also, the work `` Crying Woman '' created in the same year is also very famous.
In that year, Picasso painted more than 100 works on the theme of "Weeping Woman", using his then-mistress Dora Maar as a model. This painting was the last in the series, and is said to be the most complete.
·summary
The above is an introduction to Pablo Picasso's life and works. What did you think?
You will be captivated by the bold world view that only he can draw.
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