ROBERT MOTHERWELL

Statement of Robert Motherwell and Work of Pablo Picasso

Statement of Robert Motherwell and Work of Pablo Picasso

Introduction

"The function of abstraction is to get rid of a lot of reality. You start with as much richness as you want, and subtract, and then you arrive at the residue of essences that you're interested in."

The above mentioned statement of the famous painter is clearly depicted in the work of Pablo Picasso in his Guernica. Pablo Picasso is well known as painter, sculptor, ceramicist, stage and graphic designer, and draughtsman. He was born at Malaga in the south of Spain. His date of birth is reported as October25th, 1881. His father was a drawing teacher, so Picasso's talent was recognized early. By the age of fifteen, he had his own. Many friends from his early Parisian days appreciated his creative astuteness, artistic energy, and independent will. Picasso was a stocky, robust Spaniard with a striking personality. Everyone who met him formed a high impression of him (Russell & Martin, 2003).

At the start of WWII, Picasso at once announced his endorsement for the Republic. He collected vast donations for the movement. He also consented to a commission to paint a wall painting for the Spanish pavilion at the International Exhibition of 1937 at Paris. Before he had even started, reports arrived that on April 26th, 1937, Nazi aircrafts, sent by the regime to help the Fascists, and had bombed the Basque town of Guernica. Picasso immediately started working on preliminary sketches. He painted the huge canvas in about a month. It became the manifestation not only of suffering of Spain but also of the smashing effects of warfare on the victims all over (Blunt, Anthony, 1969).

Description

Guernica was painted over a period of two months. It resulted in a tremendous, ravaging depiction ...