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"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~ Pablo Picasso
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~ Pablo Picasso
(Pablo Ruiz y Picasso), 1881-1973, Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and ceramicist who worked in France; the foremost figure in 20th-century art. Leader of the School of Paris, he was remarkable for his technical virtuosity, incredible originality, and prolificacy. Admitted to the Royal Academy of Barcelona at 15, he later moved to Paris, where he remained until 1947, then moving to the South of France.
His early works, e.g., Old Woman (1901; Philadelphia Museum Art), show the influence of Toulouse-Lautrec. His production is usually described in series of overlapping periods. In his melancholy blue period such works as The Old Guitarist (1903; Art Institute, Chicago) depicted, in blue tones, the world of the poor. His rose period is characterized by a lighter palette and subjects from the circus.
In 1907, Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C.), the most significant work in the development of "Cubism" and abstraction, and a forerunner of analytic cubism. In the synthetic phase of cubism (after 1912), his forms became larger and more representational, as in The Three Musicians (1921; Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C.). In the 1920s he also introduced "collage".
His second landmark work was Guernica (Reina Sofía, MadridCentro de Arte Reina Sofía), an impassioned condemnation of war and fascism. In his later years, Picasso turned to creations of fantasy and comic invention. Working consistently in sculpture, ceramics, and the graphic arts, he continued to explore his personal vision until his death at 91.
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