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PABLO PICASSO CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOK AT ART

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Picasso Changed the Way We Look at Art
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. 
Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality. -Pablo Picasso
Picasso had not always been so enlightened with the fact that there was more to art than
the eye could see. During the course of his ninety-one year life, Picasso encountered
many ideas and people that helped form the wonderfully talented and brilliant artist in
history.
Picasso was born Pablo Ruiz on October 25th 1881, in Malaga, Spain. His father was a
inspiring artist while his mother took care of the house. Picasso had shown a great
artistic talent in his early childhood years. At 14 years old, Picasso adopted his
mother's less common name. Changing Ruiz to Picasso. Shortly after this event, Picasso
had finished his one month qualification exam into the Acadamy of the Arts in Barcelona.
The only exceptional thing about this was that Picasso had done this in one day.
Picasso stayed with the acadamy for three years, before deciding to move to San 
Fernando where he would then attend the Acadamy of San Fernando until the turn of the 
century. Picasso then joined up with the group of aspiring artists.
Pablo Picasso was probably the most famous artist of the twentieth century. During his
artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works, not only
paintings but also sculptures, prints, and ceramics, using all kinds of materials. He
almost single-handedly created modern art. He changed art more profoundly than any other
artist of this century. 
First famous for his pioneering role in Cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with
a pace and vitality comparable to the accelerated technological and cultural changes of
the twentieth century. Each change embodied a radical new idea, and it might be said that
Picasso lived several artistic lifetimes. 
Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and
Maria Picasso. Rather than adopt the common name Ruiz, the young Picasso took the rarer
name of his mother. An artistic prodigy, Picasso, at the age of 14, completed the
one-month qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day.
From there he went to the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning in 1900 to
Barcelona, where he frequented the city's famous cabaret of intellectuals and artists,
Els Quatre Gats. 
The years of 1901 to 1904, known as the blue period because of the blue tonality of
Picasso's paintings were a time of frequent changes of residence between Barcelona and
Paris. During this period, he would spend his days in Paris studying the masterworks at
the Louvre and his nights enjoying the company of fellow artists at cabarets like the
Lapin Agile. 
1905 and 1906 marked a radical change in color and mood for Picasso. He became fascinated
with the acrobats, clowns and wandering families of the circus world. He started to paint
in subtle pinks and grays, often highlighted with brighter tones. This was known as his
rose period. 
In 1907, Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, considered the watershed picture of
the twentieth century, and met Georges Braque, the other leading figure of the Cubist
movement. Cubism was equally the creation of Picasso and Braque and from 1911 to 1913,
the two men were in frequent contact. In 1917, Picasso did the set and costume design for
Serge Diaghilev's ballet Parade. 
For Picasso the 1920's were years of rich artistic exploration and great productivity.
Picasso continued to design theater sets and painted in Cubist, Classical and Surreal
modes. From 1929 to 1931, he pioneered wrought iron sculpture with his old friend Julio
Gonzalez. In the early 1930's, Picasso did a large quantity of graphic illustrations. 
In late April of 1937, the world learned the shocking news of the saturation bombing of
the civilian target of Guernica, Spain by the Nazi Luftwaffe. Picasso responded with his
great anti-war painting, Guernica. 
During World War II, Picasso lived in Paris, where he turned his energy to the art of
ceramics. From 1947 to 1950, he pursued new methods of lithography. 
The l950's saw the beginning of a number of large retrospective exhibits of his works.
During this time he began to a paint a series of works conceived as free variations on
old master paintings. 
In the 1960's, he produced a monumental 50-foot sculpture for the Chicago Civic Center.
In 1970, Picasso donated more than 800 of his works to the Berenguer de Aguilar Palace
Museum in Barcelona. 
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France at the age of 91. 
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Pablo Picasso was probably the most famous artist of the twentieth century. During his
artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works, not only
paintings but also sculptures, prints, and ceramics, using all kinds of materials. He
almost single-handedly created modern art. He changed art more profoundly than any other
artist of this century. 
First famous for his pioneering role in Cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with
a pace and vitality comparable to the accelerated technological and cultural changes of
the twentieth century. Each change embodied a radical new idea, and it might be said that
Picasso lived several artistic lifetimes. 
Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and
Maria Picasso. Rather than adopt the common name Ruiz, the young Picasso took the rarer
name of his mother. An artistic prodigy, Picasso, at the age of 14, completed the
one-month qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day.
From there he went to the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning in 1900 to
Barcelona, where he frequented the city's famous cabaret of intellectuals and artists,
Els Quatre Gats. 
The years of 1901 to 1904, known as the blue period because of the blue tonality of
Picasso's paintings were a time of frequent changes of residence between Barcelona and
Paris. During this period, he would spend his days in Paris studying the masterworks at
the Louvre and his nights enjoying the company of fellow artists at cabarets like the
Lapin Agile. 
1905 and 1906 marked a radical change in color and mood for Picasso. He became fascinated
with the acrobats, clowns and wandering families of the circus world. He started to paint
in subtle pinks and grays, often highlighted with brighter tones. This was known as his
rose period. 
In 1907, Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, considered the watershed picture of
the twentieth century, and met Georges Braque, the other leading figure of the Cubist
movement. Cubism was equally the creation of Picasso and Braque and from 1911 to 1913,
the two men were in frequent contact. In 1917, Picasso did the set and costume design for
Serge Diaghilev's ballet Parade. 
For Picasso the 1920's were years of rich artistic exploration and great productivity.
Picasso continued to design theater sets and painted in Cubist, Classical and Surreal
modes. From 1929 to 1931, he pioneered wrought iron sculpture with his old friend Julio
Gonzalez. In the early 1930's, Picasso did a large quantity of graphic illustrations. 
In late April of 1937, the world learned the shocking news of the saturation bombing of
the civilian target of Guernica, Spain by the Nazi Luftwaffe. Picasso responded with his
great anti-war painting, Guernica. 
During World War II, Picasso lived in Paris, where he turned his energy to the art of
ceramics. From 1947 to 1950, he pursued new methods of lithography. 
The l950's saw the beginning of a number of large retrospective exhibits of his works.
During this time he began to a paint a series of works conceived as free variations on
old master paintings. 
In the 1960's, he produced a monumental 50-foot sculpture for the Chicago Civic Center.
In 1970, Picasso donated more than 800 of his works to the Berenguer de Aguilar Palace
Museum in Barcelona. 
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France at the age of 91.