Tuesday, April 27, 2010

10.352 PABLO PICASSO

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  1. SPANISH PAINTER, DRAUGHTSMAN, AND SCULPTOR. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR CO-FOUNDING THE CUBIST MOVEMENT AND FOR THE WIDE VARIETY OF STYLES EMBODIED IN HIS WORK. AMONG HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS ARE THE PROTO-CUBIST LES DEMOISELLES D'AVIGNON (1907) AND GUERNICA (1937), HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE GERMAN BOMBING OF GUERNICA DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. PICASSO DEMONSTRATED UNCANNY ARTISTIC TALENT IN HIS EARLY YEARS, PAINTING IN A REALISTIC MANNER THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE. AFTER STUDYING ART IN MADRID, PICASSO MADE HIS FIRST TRIP TO PARIS IN 1900. IN 1905, HE MET HENRI MATISSE, GEORGES BRAQUE AND CUBISM. ARTISTS SUCH AS ANDRÉ DERAIN, KEES VAN DONGEN, FERNAND LÉGER, JUAN GRIS, MAURICE DE VLAMINCK WHO HAD COME FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE TO LIVE AND WORK IN MONTPARNASSE.

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