Student: Giuseppe Amado

Teacher: Srgio
PROLEM UFF
English Advanced 3

Picasso

Childhood and adolescence

Picasso Ruiz was born in October,

25 1881 in Malaga-Spain;

He was painter, sculptor,

printmaker, ceramicist, stage
designer, poet and playwright;

He is one of the greatest and most

influential artists of the 20th
century;

He is known for co-founding the

Cubist movement.
Pablo Picasso and his sister Lola
- 1889

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Childhood and adolescence

Portrait of aunt Pepa - 1896

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The blue period

It is a period between 1901-1904;

Picasso has painted essentially

monochromatic paintings in shades
of blue and blue-green, only
occasionally warmed by other
colors;

Picasso sank into a severe

depression in 1901 due suicide of
his friend Carlos Casagemas and his
difficult financial situation.
Woman with bangs - 1902

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The blue period

The old guitarrist - 1903-04

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The rose period

It is characterised by a more cheery

style with orange and pink colours.
This period lasted from 1904 to
1906;

Picasso was happy in his

relationship with Fernande Olivier
whom he had met in 1904. She was
a bohemian artist who became
Picassos mistress;

Picasso became a favourite of

American art collectors Leo and
Gertrude Stein in 1905.

Boy leading a horse - 1906

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The rose period

Family of Saltimbanques - 1906

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Cubism

It is a style of painting Picasso

developed with Georges Braque
using monochrome brownish and
neutral colours;

Picasso took apart objects and

"analyzed" them in terms of their
shapes;

After cubism period Picasso

acquired some fame and fortune
and began to frequent new social
circles.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - 1907

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Cubism

Girl with a mandolin - 1910

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Cubism

Guernica - 1937

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Legacy