As one of the most influential Modern artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. His full name, which honors a variety of relatives and saints, is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. His father, an art teacher, viewed his son as a child prodigy and quickly began his art education. The small Museo de Picasso in Barcelona is devoted primarily to his early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of ancient sculpture. While he was a precocious young artist, he was a terrible student due to his complete lack of interest in anything other than art.
In 1895, when Picasso was 14 years old, his family moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he quickly applied to the city's prestigious School of Fine Arts. Although the school typically only accepted students several years older, however, Picasso's entrance exam was so extraordinary that he was granted an exception and admitted. He quickly became frustrated with the the school's focus on the classical master artists. This portrait was completed when he was only 14!
This portrait was complete a year later at age 15.
In 1897, a 16-year-old Picasso moved to Madrid to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando. However, he again became frustrated with his school's singular focus on classical subjects and techniques.
Picasso was a rebel from the start and, as a teenager, began to frequent the Barcelona cafes where intellectuals gathered. He soon went to Paris, the capital of art, and soaked up the works of Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, and others art rebels. Before he struck upon Cubism, Picasso went through a number of styles – realism, caricature, the Blue Period, and the Rose Period.
With his groundbreaking 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Picasso, along with Georges Braque, developed a revolutionary style of modern art that was formed in response to the rapidly changing modern world: Cubism. He simplified and distorted figures and objects into geometric planes, often including elements of text and collage in his works.
Here are some examples of the wide range of styles he used over the course of his career. SO never feel like you can't try new things!
Today have some fun with cubism. We have a game of art and chance that all ages can play. All you need is a dice. Don't have any real dice? Here is a simple free online dice roller for you. https://www.random.org/dice/ So pull out your markers, crayons, paper, paint, or whatever you choose and let's get creative! Feel free to print these boards out for easier use. Here we have a simpler version.
and a slightly more challenging board!
I can't wait to see what you create!
A big thanks to creative monkey and arttek.
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