in Malaga, Spain in 1881. His father worked as an artist and also worked as a professor of art. The young Picasso was always drawing things. In fact, his mother said his first word was pencil! A Restless Artist
Picasso was accepted into the
Royal Academy of San Fernando, a great school in Spain. The young artist did not like it, though, and left after only a year. His desire to paint and create art was so great that he couldnt focus on schoolwork. In the short time he was at the Academy, he was able to learn many important painting techniques. After leaving, Picasso began his Early Works Picasso worked hard to make sure his paintings were very realistic. At the time, realistic paintings were very popular, but this did not interest the artist at all. Instead, Picasso wanted to draw things the way he saw them.
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(1895) Science and Charity (1897) Blue Period It was during this time that This was still Picasso made not enough some of his for the most famous restless artist. paintings. He began to He wanted to stretch the create a new way he style of painted painting, one people, which showed molding them things from into the figures he The Old Guitarist all sides at A Revolution
It was here that Picasso
started to break down his subjects into shapes which could show all sides at once, or at least, how Picasso imagined seeing things from all sides. This new form of painting was called Cubism. Girl With a Mandolin Confusion Many people were confused about this wild new style of painting. In his early Cubism paintings, people could still see what Picasso was trying to paint. However, as time went on, Picasso began to paint things more and more abstractly, or in a way Reservoir at Horta de Ebro that doesnt represent the Conclusion Picasso kept painting for many years later, living well into his 80s and 90s. Today, he is considered one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Many people still dont understand his work, but in many ways, it was his ability to showcase things the way he wanted to see them that made him so unique. Pablo Picasso was not afraid to challenge the way things were done. Indeed,- 1911 The Accordionist he often found