Pablo Picasso
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Born: 1881
Died: 1973 Main Artistic Movement: Cubism Nationality: Spanish Floor Found in Château: Basement Room Found in Château: Wine Cellar |
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain, but spent most of his artistic career in France. He was regarded as one of the most prominent and influential artists of the 20th Century (or of the 1900s) and was a co-founder of the Cubist movement. Alongside fellow Cubist Georges Braque, Picasso composed monochromatic paintings that portrayed the illusion of time within the scenes and figures. It was known that Picasso's pieces did not have an upside or a downside, referring to their orientation due to the abstract aesthetic of the compositions. Some of his more famous pieces to highlight his Cubist influence were Guernica (1937), The Three Dancers (1925), and his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907).
About the Movement
Picasso worked in the Cubism Age of art. Cubism came about as an avant-garde (or a style that pushes the mainstream boundaries and goes against the social norm) movement during the start of the 20th Century (or the 1900s). One characteristic of Cubism was to highlight multiple views, multiple personalities, multiple moments in time, or multiple sides of an object all at once, all within the same canvas. The feeling is extremely blocky as viewers piece together these two-dimensional blocks to create a three-dimensional (or even four-dimensional with the added value of time) scene in their minds. Some of the most famous Cubism artists included Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Fun Fact: Picasso's father was an artist, art professor, and museum curator who began teaching Pablo at the age of seven years old.
Resources: John Richardson, A Life of Picasso: the Triumphant Years, 1917-1932, (New York City, New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008), 77-78
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain, but spent most of his artistic career in France. He was regarded as one of the most prominent and influential artists of the 20th Century (or of the 1900s) and was a co-founder of the Cubist movement. Alongside fellow Cubist Georges Braque, Picasso composed monochromatic paintings that portrayed the illusion of time within the scenes and figures. It was known that Picasso's pieces did not have an upside or a downside, referring to their orientation due to the abstract aesthetic of the compositions. Some of his more famous pieces to highlight his Cubist influence were Guernica (1937), The Three Dancers (1925), and his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907).
About the Movement
Picasso worked in the Cubism Age of art. Cubism came about as an avant-garde (or a style that pushes the mainstream boundaries and goes against the social norm) movement during the start of the 20th Century (or the 1900s). One characteristic of Cubism was to highlight multiple views, multiple personalities, multiple moments in time, or multiple sides of an object all at once, all within the same canvas. The feeling is extremely blocky as viewers piece together these two-dimensional blocks to create a three-dimensional (or even four-dimensional with the added value of time) scene in their minds. Some of the most famous Cubism artists included Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Fun Fact: Picasso's father was an artist, art professor, and museum curator who began teaching Pablo at the age of seven years old.
Resources: John Richardson, A Life of Picasso: the Triumphant Years, 1917-1932, (New York City, New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008), 77-78
Artworks found in the Château:
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