Picasso: 20 Century

Picasso: 20th century
In 1900 Picasso went Paris for the first time, he went there for the European art scene.
His roommate at that time was Max Jacob. he was a poet and journalist who took the
artist under his wing. They both lived in extreme poverty and sometimes even had to
burn Picasso's work to keep warm. Picasso moved to Madrid in 1901 and spent the
first half of the year there. He partnered with a friend in a literary magazine,
illustrating articles and drawing cartoons. When the first issue of the magazine came
out, the growing artist signed his work under the name of "Picasso" instead of "Pablo
Ruiz e Picasso".
Picasso: Blue Period
The Blue Period, a well-known part of Picasso's work, lasted from 1901 to 1904.
During this time, the artist used more of the blue color spectrum in his work and
sometimes used other colors to emphasize. For example, the famous Guitarist, created
in 1903, features a guitar with warmer tones among the shades of blue. Historians
believe that this period of Picasso's work was largely influenced by depression after
the suicide of a friend. Some of the issues that are seen in the blue period are
blindness, poverty and sometimes nudity of women.
Pink Period
The Pink Period lasted from 1904 to 1906. At this time, pink shadows can be seen in
Picasso's works of art, and a warmer and happier atmosphere is conveyed to the
audience than in previous paintings. Among the recurring themes of this period are
clowns and circus actors. One of the best-selling works of this period is The Boy with
a Pipe. Elements of primitive art in pink paintings can reflect the artist's experiences
with his artistic style.
Cubism
This period of Picasso's life lasted from 1912 to 1919. His work continued in the
Cubist style, but the artist introduced a new form of art, collage. He even used the
human form in many of his Cubist paintings, such as "The Girl with the Mandolin" or
"My Beauty." Although some of his friends left Paris to fight in World War I, he
remained in his studio during the war years.
Picasso, who had fallen in love with another woman at the time, ended his
relationship with Fernand Olivier. Picasso and Eva Goel, the model for the painting
"Woman with a Guitar", lived together until Eva's death in 1918. Eva died of
pneumonia, and Picasso later met his first wife, Olga Khoklova, a Russian ballerina.
They had a son three years later, and although their relationship became strained after
that, Picasso refused to separate from him because the legal separation meant losing
half of his property. Until 1955, they remained only nominally married.
Neoclassicism and Surrealism

This period of Picasso's work took place between 1919 and 1929 and involved a
major change in his artistic style. During his first visit to Italy and the end of World
War I, the artist's paintings, including the watercolors "Peasants' Sleeping," reflect an
artistic style recovery, and his neoclassical works contrast markedly with his Cubist
paintings; However, with the rise of the French surrealist movement in the mid-1920s,
Picasso resumed his intense interest in primitive art in his surrealist paintings such as
The Three Dancers. In 1927, the 46-year-old artist met Marie-Therese Walter, a 17-
year-old Spanish girl. The couple had a daughter named Maya and remained married
until 1936.
1973-1940
During World War II, Picasso remained in German-occupied Paris, resisting Gestapo
violence and continuing to create works of art. During this time he occasionally
engaged in poetry and in total between 1939 and 1959 created more than 300 works.
Even from this period, he has left two plays. After Paris was liberated in 1944,
Picasso began a new relationship, and his son Claude ‫ به‬was born in 1947, and his
daughter Paloma was born two years later. During this time he focused on sculpture
and participated in an international exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In
1961, at the age of 79, he married 27-year-old Jacqueline, proving that she was one of
his greatest career inspirations. Picasso painted more than 70 portraits of him during
the last 17 years of his life.
Picasso’s influence on art

As one of the greatest influencers of twentieth-century art, Picasso combined different
styles and introduced completely new interpretations of what had been seen before to
the art community. He was the driving force behind the development of Cubism and
elevated collage to the level of the visual arts.
With courage and confidence, he never stopped because of custom or fear of
rejection. He always relied on his inspirations and kept up with new innovations.
Also, his constant search for his intense interest in art led to the creation of countless
works in the form of painting, sculpture and metal printing. Picasso is not the only
man known for his work. He has always been a myth and in fact he can be called a
myth. In the eyes of the public, he has always been known as a genius of modern art
and is a role model for many artists.

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