Picasso (1881-1973) was born in Spain. He is the most creative and influential artist in the contemporary West. He and his paintings occupy an immortal position in the history of world art. Picasso was a prolific painter. According to statistics, his works totaled nearly 37,000 pieces, including: 1,885 oil paintings, 7,089 sketches, 20,000 prints, and 6,121 lithographs.
Unlike Vincent Van Gogh, who lived in poverty all his life, Picasso lived a glorious life. He was the first painter in history to live to see his works collected in the Louvre. In a poll conducted by a French newspaper in December 1999, he was elected as the top ten greatest painters of the 20th century with 40% of the votes.
Regarding his works, Picasso said: "Every one of my paintings contains my blood. This is the meaning of my paintings." Faced with the diligent Picasso and the genius's creation, will you not Will you be respectful?
Childhood from 1881 to 1900
Picasso was born in Malaga, southern Spain, on October 25, 1881;
Completed his first oil painting in 1889 Work "Matador";
Entered the Lonja School of Fine Arts in Barcelona in 1895;
Entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid in 1897, with the oil painting "Science and Charity" 》Won the Honorary Award at the National Art Exhibition in Madrid, and later won the Gold Medal in Malaga;
The Blue Period from 1900 to 1903
Completed the "Blue Self-Portrait" in 1902;
The Blue Period 1900-1903
p>Completed "Life" in 1903, using rich blue tones to express the suffering of poverty, old age and loneliness;
1904-1906 Rose Period
Started to settle in Paris in 1904 The "laundry ship", the beginning of the Rose Period. Met Fernand Olivier and lived together:
In 1905, he created "Boy with a Pipe" and it was purchased by the philanthropist Ms. John Hay Whitney for US$30,000; < /p>
In 1906, he met the Fauvist master Matisse and painted a portrait of the American writer and collector Chang Chu Stein. "Portrait of Stein" was the springboard for Picasso to jump from the "Rose Period" to "Cubism";
1907-1916 Cubism period
In 1907, he met Braque and began to create in the Cubist style, creating "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon";
1909 Analyzing the beginning of Cubism; creating "Head of Fernand";
1917-1924 Classical Period
In 1917, he met the dancer Olga Kokova in Italy and created "Portrait of Olga";
Married Olga in 1918, held a joint exhibition with Matisse;
Hand-painted colo version of "Tricorne Hat" in 1920;
Created "Two Women Running on the Beach" in 1922;
1925-1932 Surrealism Period
In 1927, he met 17-year-old Marie Del Rey. Sarah Waltz became Picasso's model. And gave birth to a daughter Maggie;
In 1929, he worked with the sculptor Gonzalez to create sculptures and iron wire structures. He created a series of aggressive paintings with women's heads as the theme, showing the crisis of marriage, and met Dali;
The period of transformation from 1932 to 1945
In 1932, he created "Woman in the Red Armchair" ";
In 1933, he created etchings with the theme of the sculptor's studio
In 1934, he created works with the theme of bullfighting;
1936 Spanish Civil War outbreak. Meet Dora.
Maar, and created "Portrait of Dora Maar";
In 1937, he completed "Guernica";
In 1942, he created the print "The Story of Nature"
Meet 22-year-old Fran?ois Gilot in 1943;
Joined the French Communist Party in 1944;
Started trying stone in 1945 Printmaking;
Pastoral period from 1946 to 1973
In 1947, his son Claude was born. Made pottery in the studio of potter Hamiye, and made 2,000 pieces of ceramic art by 1948;
In 1948, he made the "Dove of Peace" poster and "Gongora" for the World Peace Conference "Twenty Poems";
Created the "Carmen" series in 1949;
Received the Lenin Peace Medal in 1950;
Ceramic art in Madura in 1953 Encountered Jacqueline Locke in the workshop;
In 1954, he began to compose the variation series of Delacroix's "The Algerian Woman";
In 1956, he worked with Cloruzo *** Filmed and released the film "The Mysterious Picasso";
In 1957, he held the "Picasso 75th Year Commemorative Exhibition" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and created the print "Bullfighting Series";
In 1958, Picasso Created the mural "The Fall of Icarus" at the UNESCO headquarters building in Paris;
1959 Created a series of variations imitating Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass";
1961 Married 35-year-old Jacqueline Locke and celebrated Picasso's 80th birthday;
Painted "Painter and Model" in 1963;
Grand Palais and Petit Palais in Paris in 1966 Hold a large-scale "Picasso Retrospective Exhibition". Created the "Quicksand Series";
In 1968, he created the series of prints "Celestina" and "The Ridiculous Man";
In 1970, he saved nearly 2,000 early works in his Spanish home. Works donated to the Picasso Museum in Cerrona:
In 1971, the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris held the "Retrospective Exhibition of the 90th Year of the Birth of Picasso";
92 years old, April 8, 1973 Died in Muzhan, near Cannes. He was buried in the garden of Fowennaju Villa on April 10.
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