Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Introduction

Pablo Picasso is a well-known artist, born on October 25, 1881, in a small Spanish city, Malaga. His father Don Jose Ruiz was also an artist and his parents came from an aristocratic family. His father was a teacher in the nearby art school. Later on, Picasso would recall that his father was master at simple and commonplace artistic creation. His father's art would include dining room pictures, pigeons, hares, rabbits, feather and flowers. Picasso's mother was the daughter of a government official. She was optimistic and a cheerful lady. She would always extend her help and support to Picasso. She would extend her moral and financial support to her son, and Picasso always respected and loved her.

Discussion

Picasso's childhood details are unknown to much extent, but this fact is known that his exquisite taste began to develop from early childhood, when he would take a pencil and draw random lines and figures. His childhood paintings still exist which mainly comprises pigeons and hares. This shows that his paintings are somehow impressed by his father's artistic work. Sebastia Junyer Vidal was a friend and fellow artist of Picasso. Picasso would observe things, and humans around him and his paintings depict his unfathomable thinking and artistic nature. Sebastia Junyer Vidal accompanied him in Paris when Picasso decides to reside permanently in France. In 1903, he would make a portrait of Sebastia Junyer Vidal (McNeese & Picasso, 2006). This period of Picasso's life is known as blue period.

In 1907, he visited Gertrude Stein at her apartment in Paris when he met Henri Matisse who showed him an African sculpture which he had purchased it. Matisse noted that both artists were enchanted by its portrayal of a human stature. Picasso could not help himself, and he, along with Andre Derain who was ...