PICASSO

PICASSO

Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga in the south of Spain. Picasso's family was middle-class and his father was a painter as well.

Picasso showed a passion and skill for drawing very early. His first words were “pencil, pencil!!” His father taught him very early when he was seven years old. His father taught the traditional skills .

During his life Picasso studied in the best painting school in Spain, first in Barcelona and after in Madrid. In Madrid as well Picasso knew the Prado art gallery and the works of other Spanish painters like Velazquez, Goya and El Greco. Picasso especially admired the works of El Greco, elements like the elongated, arresting colours, and mystical visages are echoed in Picasso's work.

In 1900, Picasso visited Paris for the first time where he developed his painting and ideas. Picasso wasn't only a painter, he was also a sculptor and draughtsman. He was the creator of the cubism movement. His most famous works are the proto-cubist “Les Demoiselles of Arignon” (1907) and “Guernica” (1937) the last one is a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

Guernica (1937)

Here are some pictures of the first period of Picasso. When his skills were more realistic, he hadn't developed cubism yet.

A continuation Other pictures. But now these pictures are cubist.

Finally a video about the Guernica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_uGbQanNw