20th Century GeniusEssay Preview: 20th Century GeniusReport this essayEvery artist has his or her own style of painting. Each painting tells some sort of story or has some type of personal meaning to the artist. One of the most important figures in modern art is Pablo Picasso. Not only was Pablo Picasso a genius in the field of abstract art, but he also experimented with sculpting and ceramics. Pablo Picasso has taken the world to many places with his unique style of work which is why I believe he is considered to be a genius of the 20th century.
BackgroundPablo Picasso, born Pablo Ruiz, was destined to become an artist at a very young age. Born in Malaga, Spain on October 15, 1881, the young artist began to follow in the footsteps of Jose Ruiz Blasco–his father. Many say that Picassos love for art was somewhat genetic, since his father was also an aspiring painter. At the young age of four, Picasso had already learned to draw detailed pictures, and by the age of 15 had already become technically skilled in drawing and painting. While most of us were busy learning and playing during our school years, Picasso spent his class time drawing sketches of his classmates (Chew, 1995). Needless to say he was indeed one of the most creative students in his class, and it would only be a matter of time before he began to pursue art as a career.
The Picasso family continued to live in Malaga, and in his early teens, his stepfather moved to London. His paternal grandfather, Juan Carlos “Luis,” and a younger brother, Francisco Aguilar, followed his father’s footsteps. After years of poverty, the brothers were finally able to purchase an art studio in nearby Manchester, where it took them until 1985 to create their first masterpiece, Ethereal, featuring Picasso, who at that time was also at the University of London. The brothers continued to be known as Picasso brothers, by the children of their father and older sister, and they grew up to be one of the most popular artists of the 20th century. In 1989, the brothers moved to a smaller town in France, where they created the iconic ‘Rigidbody’ in Paris. In 1995, the brothers returned to Malaga and began their own studio, the ‘Plasica’…a piece of art of a very particular character. In the last decade of this century, Picasso has become a prominent figure in art history and art art museums worldwide, as he continues to become one of the leading artists of the 20th century that was popularly known in the American and European cultures in the late 20th century.>
During these decades, both Picasso and his fellow artists would continue to spend time studying and working at the museums. Through the early 1990’s, he continued spending his time studying at universities where he received many of his own funds over the years. In 2002, Juan Carlos Aguilar gave him the title ‘Luis Alberto’, and it appears that Picasso is considered as the creator of Ethereal. In the same year, he also started to open his own gallery in Paris, called the La Cielo. In 2009 Picasso released the first ever painting entitled “Vicina,” the second painting entitled “Ausi,” then in 2009, he released a second series of paintings called “La Cielo” and “Santo.” In 2013 Picasso issued his first public appearance in Paris, as well as the third in Malaga.
In 2013, and again in the same year, Picasso took a short break from composing his first works before going in a new direction (see below). He finished his last work in Madrid in March of 2015, and he went home and got a new job at one of the company’s studios. In October we were told that one of its members was pregnant with the film about the Picasso family and that their family plans to make its own film, The Picasso Dream. We have reached out to the local government in Malaga and had a meeting to find out more about this, and that is why it was delayed this weekend until the next day. We have also contacted the public prosecutor who will be responsible for the case which is trying to decide if Picasso’s mother should be charged with causing child abuse, or whether the mother should be charged with killing other artists (see here ).
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By the age of 16, Picasso had more than mastered the techniques necessary to become a successful artist. Although, most teenagers his age were probably out mingling with their friends and studying for school, Picasso was busy at work trying to perfect his skills as an artist. While attending the Academy of fine arts in Barcelona, where his father was appointed professor in 1896, Picasso had his own studio (Lycos, 2004). By the age of 19, Picasso had visited Paris for the first time and decided to settle there to pursue his dream.
The Color PeriodsNot many people can say that by the age of 20, they have found their true calling in life. However, Picasso made it evident that he was a gifted artist when he introduced the world to his own style of painting during what was known as “Picassos Blue Period.” The Blue Period marked a time in Picassos career from 1901-1904 that defined the different real-life experiences that he had been exposed to throughout his life. It is rumored that Picassos blue period began briefly after the death of a close friend, and the blue tones were used to reflect his feelings of bleakness during that time (GME, 1996). Most of his paintings during the blue period consisted of blind, impoverished, despaired people, and the paintings were done mostly in blue tones. One of the most famous pieces created during the period was called “The Old Guitarist,” which depicts a saddened, blind, old man holding his guitar.
In 1905 after his blue period, Picassos subject matter and color schemes that he used for his paintings began to change. From 1905-1906, Picasso developed the “Rose Period.” Now instead of painting depressing figures with blue dull color tones, he began to paint circus people acrobats, and harlequin figures using pink and other earth tone colors (Gerten, n.d.). The rumor for this period is that Picasso began to brighten his colors and themes after he fell in love. A famous piece from his Rose period is called “Boy with Pipe.” The painting features a young boy holding a pipe with a flower garland on his head. The painting definitely defines a happier period in Picassos life when his paintings take on a more jovial look.
CubismFollowing the color phases which reflected his own personal style and his personal feelings, Picasso decided to take art to a new level and began an entire new art movement. After teaming up with fellow French artist Georges Braque in 1907, they worked together to form a whole new art movement known as “Analytical Cubism.” The concept behind cubism is that instead of viewing subjects from a single, fixed angle, the artist breaks the painting into pieces so that several different aspects/faces of the subject can be seen simultaneously (www.artcyclopedia.com). When a person first views a piece of cubist art, it probably would resemble a collage, rather than an actual painting. However, Picasso wanted his viewers to be able to study his paintings from different angles, and still be able to see the same picture from not matter where one was standing. To come up with this form of art as Picasso and Braque did is truly ingenius. Not only did they want people to view art from a different