Facts About Pablo Picasso

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Jordan W. When Pablo Picasso started creating his master pieces a lot of people had never seen anything like it, so how do you think they reacted….. They were amazed, not all in the same way. Like many artist he was not born into a rich family, but he worked for it until he was wealthy. His eye were not set on the money, but on his art work. He had trouble and problems like every body else but he made some of the best paintings in many people’s opinions.
Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain (October 25, 1881) his father a painter and his mother was a housewife. He moved between the countries Spain and France often and met a painter named Carlos Casagemas. Picasso and Casagemas shared a studio; Casagemas killed himself due to a stump in his artist career. Pablo Picasso was very depressed after his death.
Due to the death of his friend his grief caused him to start painting in the "blue period". In the blue period he painted paintings that showed grief and sadness using the shades of blue such as The Le Gourmet (1901), Self-Portrait (1901), The Tragedy (1903), La vie (1903), The Old Guitarist (1903), La Celestina (1904), Le Repas Frugal (1904), Woman Ironing (1904). His depression did no end in the Blue Period it followed him all the way till his Cubist Period which was right after his Rose Period. He painted paintings such as (in his Rose period) the Woman in a Chemise (Madeleine) (1904-05), Lady with a Fan (1905), Two Youths (1905), Harlequin Family (1905), La famille de saltimbanques (1905), Boy with a Dog (1905), The Girl with a Goat (1906), Composition: The Peasants (1906).
World War I started in 1914 and two of his buddies Apollinaire and Braque were drafted, and his mistress Eva died the next year. He meets his wife Olga Koklova on a trip to Rome when Jean Cocteau asked him to design costumes for a ballet called Parade. The designs were not liked by most audiences, but that didn’t stop him from continuing with his designs for theater and arts.
The town of Guernica, Spain was bombed in April 1937 in the Spanish Civil War. The painting Guernica shows innocent people who suffered from this tragedy, this painting gave Picasso worldwide recognition which now hangs in the Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid.
Surviving the 2nd World War he decided to join the French Communist Party, they were happy to have a famous painter in their party. The party required a lot of time from Picasso; it needed his painting skills for posters for rallies. They requested the posters to have socialist heroes; the difficult part was satisfying himself and the French Communist Party.
As an older man Picasso was more of a man for the children, he enjoyed playing and helping his son. He built cardboard wings for his son so he could jump higher. He was an older man but still had energy and productivity for his beloved family with 2nd wife Jacqueline Roque (she became a famous model). As an older man Picasso worked on sculptures mostly. His most well known is the Chicago metal sculpture. His painting Seated Woman sold in auction for $800, 000 and has been increasing in value since. From his early days his artwork changed the way people thought and will continue to inspire many people.
Pablo Picasso passed away on 8 April 1973 in Mougins, France, while he and his wife Jacqueline entertained friends for dinner. His final words were "Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink anymore." He was buried at the Chateau of Vauvenargues near Aix-en-Provence, a property he had bought in 1958 and Jacqueline his wife lived in between 1959 and 1962. Jacqueline Roque didn’t want his children Claude and Paloma to attending the funeral. Devastated and lonely after the death of Picasso, Jacqueline Roque took her own life by gunshot in 1986 when she was 59 years old.

Recent exhibitions
• 8 October 2010 – 17 January 2011, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• 19 February 2011 – 15 May 2011, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
• 11 June 2011 – 9 October 2011, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, USA.[68]
• 12 November 2011 – 19 February 2012, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
• 28 April 2012 – 26 August 2012, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.		 1/8/2012
jamesha edwards pablo picasso name has twenty three word where did he get his name from 12/5/2011
Catfish & Grom Pineapple whisk in your toad makes stinky ben house eat pie 8/9/2011
janya i think he is an amziang arsit 5/13/2011
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Mary Laurince This is very helpful 4/7/2011
ebony nice but to long 3/28/2011
Maria Camarena i think this dude is a great artist of his time i dont get art that much but i get his paintings and there good 2/15/2011
wierdo1 the picture looks wrong :( 2/15/2011
Lorena when was this website last modified? 11/3/2010
none yobees wax I think I like this website.. 10/27/2010
liam s i have a peanut brain its the size of this full stop . 5/23/2010
paige i think his a great artist 3/11/2010
kelly good facts 11/24/2009
you dont need t you didnt tell about his death enough thats the ONLY THING I NEEDED! 10/14/2009
jonathon Picasso is aswome. 8/27/2009
samantha Why was he eminent? 4/2/2009
Sarah Does anyone know why Picasso painted "Petite Fleurs"? 3/29/2009
jennifer good job pablo pcasso! 2/24/2009
stephany pablo got good art an work. i like some the art that he did is years. 2/24/2009
lottie parker gives good informaton but should have some excitement 2/2/2009
zena i love ur work 1/29/2009
Skylark where can i find details? 10/7/2008
fan of pablo thankyou so much for this! 7/22/2008
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