PABLO PICASSO

1881-1963

• Genius of 20th century

• Son of mediocre painter who surpassed talent of father when he was 13

• Inspired by French Art Nouveau painters –

Toulouse Lautrec, Cezanne, Degas, and Bonnart

PICASSO IN PARIS

BLUE PERIOD

• Picasso’s best friend’s suicide led to Blue Period

• Works suggest loneliness, sadness, isolation, and tragedy

ROSE PERIOD Tumblers

• Evidence of emerging Picasso

• Mother and son acrobats

• Lighter mood

CUBISM (1907-1917)

• Dominance of line

• Multiple views at once

• Borrowed warm tones from Rose Period

• Influenced by tribal masks

• Desmoiselles d’Avignon

• Woman with Flower

• Influenced by Surrealism

Guernica

• Weeping Woman