EC Picasso Essay

Jennifer Ly
Pablo Picasso Essay

Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous artists of history. His was
widely well-known back then, and today for his intriguing
masterpieces. His real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula
Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima
Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso. His traditional name
honored saints and his parents. He was born in October 25, 1881 in
Malaga, Spain. He was the eldest of two younger sisters, Lola (born in
1884) and Conchita (born in 1887). Due to Diphtheria, Conchita died at
the age of seven.
His father was also a painter himself, and a professor of art at the
School of Crafts. Their generations were very artistic. Picasso had early
teachings from his father in figure drawing and painting. His father
could see Picasso’s talent and took many opportunities for his son in
the art world. He was put into and accepted in advanced classes at the
age of 13. Picasso, still at a young age, was sent to Madirds Royal
Academy of San Fernando. In 1897, at the age of 16, he set out on his
own. His conflicts of accepting formal instructions led him to quit
taking classes soon after his enrollment. But, that did not stop Picasso
from doing artworks. While in Madrid, he was inspired by other
artworks, such as the works of El Greco. In inspiration, he also studied
the arts.
Into the Art World

After studying art in Madrid, Picasso went to Paris in 1900. Back
then, Paris was known as the art capital of Europe. Arriving in Paris, he
made a new companion, Max Jacob. Max Jacob was a journalist and
poet. Max and Picasso shared an apartment, where Picasso had to burn
many of his drawings to keep the small room warm.
Picasso had put himself out there by publishing his arts in a

magazine Arte Joven (Young Art), which published five issues. He
started signing his artworks with simply the name Picasso, for before
he would signature Pablo Ruiz y Picasso. By 1905, people like Leo and
Gertrude Stein, American art collectors, started acknowledging
Picasso’s artwork. On a roll, the Steins introduced him to Claribel Cone
and her sister Etta who were American art collectors. They, too, started
collecting Picasso’s art. In 1907 Picasso joined the art gallery that was
lately opened over in Paris by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.
Love Behind His Art

Even an artist can have his own personal life, right? Picasso was not
only talented in art, but he was a very charming man, and multiple
wives or primary partners in his life. He was married twice and had four
children from three different mothers.
In the summer of 1918, Picasso married Ogla Khokhlova, a ballerina,

and they had their honeymoon in the villa near Biarritz of the dazzling
Chilean art patron Eugenia Errazuriz. Khohklova had helped him get
into a higher society to get his artworks spread. They had a son Paulo
(February 4, 1921 – June 5, 1975). In 1927, he had a secret affair with
17-year old Marie Therese Walter and his marriage with Ogla soon
ended. But they did not have a divorce because Picasso did not want
Olga having half of his wealth. The two were legally married until her
death in 1955. Picasso soon had a daughter with Marie-Therese. Her
name was Maia, and Marie-Therese always wished that Picasso would
marry her, but ended up hanging herself four years after Picasso’s
death. He was also a constant companion and lover with Dora Maar
and Francoise Gilot. Francoise Gilot was the mother of Claude (May 15,
1947-?) and Paloma (April 19, 1949-?). These two were also his
children. Gilot left Picasso in 1953, allegedly because of his abusive
treatment and infidelities. If you think, he couldn’t and wouldn’t have
more affairs with other women, and then you have thought wrong. He
spent the rest of his life with his wife, Jacqueline Roque.
Picasso’s Art
“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.”
Picasso made over 50000 artworks in his lifetime. This had him
widely known. His artworks are categorized into periods. For different
times in his life gave him different muses. The most famous and
accepted periods were: the Blue Period (1901-1904), the Rose Period
(1905-1907), the African-influenced Period (1908-1909), Analytic
Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919).
Picasso’s Blue Period included melancholy paintings in shades of blue

and blue-green, showing sadness. Many paintings were of gaunt
mothers with children date. His paintings were also influenced and
based on prostitutes and beggars. He had the same mood pervading
when he was etching the well-known The Frugal Repast, which was
based on a blind man and a sighted woman.
Picasso’s Rose Period consisted of more cheery paintings styled with

orange and pink colors, featuring many aerobatic people in France. He
met Fernande Olivier, a model for sculptors and artists. Many of his
drawings in this period were influenced or mused by her due to his
warm relationship with her.
The way Picasso drew cubism captured many people’s attention. His
artworks give inspiration to our generations of artists!
Goodbye, Picasso
For all Picasso’s years of expressing his life in is artwork, he died of old
age and other natural causes. On his funeral, his widowed wife did not
allow his children, Claude and Paloma, come. In depression, Jacqueline
Roque shot herself after her husband’s death. Picasso may be gone,
but his masterpieces live on.

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Jennifer Ly

Pablo Picasso Essay

Into the Art World

Picasso had put himself out there by publishing his arts in a

Love Behind His Art

In the summer of 1918, Picasso married Ogla Khokhlova, a ballerina,

Picasso’s Blue Period included melancholy paintings in shades of blue

Picasso’s Rose Period consisted of more cheery paintings styled with

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