Pablo Picasso

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Pablo
Picasso was probably the most famous artist and one of the great
creative minds of the twentieth century. This great artist lived more
artistic lifetimes than any of his peers. During his 75-year career, he
produced thousands of works, not only paintings but also sculptures,
prints, and ceramics, using a wide variety of materials. He almost
single-handedly created modern art, changing art more profoundly than
any other artist of his century.

Born in 1881, in Malaga,
Spain, Picasso was a child prodigy, completing the one-month qualifying
examination for the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day at the
age of 14. After finishing his studies in Barcelona, the artist
continued his training in Madrid but later returned to Barcelona. There
began his "blue period," so-named for the dominant blue tones in the
artist's paintings. During this time, he moved frequently between
Barcelona and Paris. In Paris he spent his days studying the
masterworks at the Louvre and his nights with other artists at
cabarets. Later, Picasso became fascinated with the circus world's
acrobats, clowns and wandering performers. This marked a radical change
in color and mood for the artist. He began painting in subtle pinks and
grays, often highlighted with brighter tones. This was known as his
"rose period."

The peak of Picasso's creativity is evidenced
in his pioneering role in Cubism. In 1907, he painted "Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon," a Cubist painting which changed twentieth century art
completely. In it, the artist and viewer look at the subjects from many
different angles at the same time. Picasso and French painter Georges
Braque were the leading figures of the Cubist movement. For Picasso,
the 1920's were years of rich artistic exploration and great
productivity. He designed theater sets and painted in Cubist, Classical
and Surreal styles. He began making wrought iron sculptures with his
friend Julio Gonzalez. Then, in the 1930's, Picasso moved to graphic
illustration.

In April 1937, Picasso responded to the
bombing of Guernica, Spain by Nazi air forces with his great anti-war
work, "Guernica." The graphic conviction of this work remains
undiminished by time. During World War II, he lived in Paris and turned
his creative energy to a new artistic medium: ceramics. After the war,
he experimented with new methods of printing and painted a series of
variations of old master paintings. Picasso continued to be an
innovator until the last decade of his life. He died in France in 1973,
at the age of 91. His powers of creativity and execution continue to
astonish artists and art aficionados the world over.

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