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[[Image:Casso.jpg|right|thumb|Pablo Picasso]]

[[Image:Casso.jpg|right|thumb|Pablo Picasso]]

'''Pablo Picasso''' ([[1881]]-1973) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] artist who did both painting and [[sculpture|sculpting]]. He is most famous for starting a new style of art (along with Basque artist [[Georges Braque|George Braque]]) called [[cubism]], which embodied the neuroses (some would say schizophrenia) of artist of his era. He was the single most dominating figure in modern art.

'''Pablo Picasso''' ([[1881]]-1973) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] artist who was both a painter and [[sculpture]]. Pablo Picasso co-founded (along with Basque artist [[Georges Braque|George Braque]]) [[Cubism]], which embodied the neuroses (some would say schizophrenia) of artist of his era. He produced a monumental 20,000 artworks during his 70-year career. Picasso’s torrential outpouring of work was so extensive and complex that art historians have divided it into individual periods.<ref>Petite Fleurs. [http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&apnum=336396 Pablo Picasso], AllPosters.com</ref> He was the single most dominating figure in modern art.

   

   

The son of an art teacher, Picasso was only 12 when he began exhibiting his first paintings in his famous primitive style in Barcelona. He created 20,000 paintings, sculptures and drawings during his life. Perhaps his most famous painting was [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Picasso_._Guernica.jpg ''Guernica''], which was inspired by his outrage at the destruction of a Socialist stronghold during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Picasso, a Socialist, supported the government that General Franco defeated.  Picasso found a more welcoming home in [[France]], and never returned to Spain.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8/newsid_2523000/2523469.stm Pablo Picasso dies] </ref>

A prodigy in his youth and the son of an art teacher, Picasso was only 12 when he began exhibiting his first paintings in his famous primitive style in [[Barcelona]]. Picasso enrolled in advanced classes at Barcelona’s [[Royal Academy of Art]] at age 15. The strong geometric forms of his groundbreaking Cubist works redefined art as a medium that could digress from literal images of reality. Passionately creative in every genre from primitive art to sketches to Surrealism, Picasso profoundly impacted 20th century art. Perhaps his most famous painting was [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Picasso_._Guernica.jpg ''Guernica''], which was inspired by his outrage at the destruction of a Socialist stronghold during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Picasso, a lifelong [[Communist]], supported the Republican government defeated by General Franco's forces and never returned to his homeland after Franco's victory.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8/newsid_2523000/2523469.stm 1973: Art master Picasso dies], April 8</ref>

He is immortalized in several of the works of the [[Lost Generation]] of American ex-patriate writers with whom he associated in Paris during the 1920s, including [[Gertrude Stein]] and [[Ernest Hemingway]], by whom he is fondly remembered in their respective autobiographical efforts of that time (''The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'' and ''A Moveable Feast'').

He is immortalized in several of the works of the [[Lost Generation]] of American ex-patriate writers with whom he associated in Paris during the 1920s, including [[Gertrude Stein]] and [[Ernest Hemingway]], by whom he is fondly remembered in their respective autobiographical efforts of that time (''The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'' and ''A Moveable Feast'').

With his ''Charnel House'' of 1945, Picasso concluded the series of pictures that he had started with ''Guernica''. The connection between the paintings becomes immediately obvious when we consider the rigidly limited color scheme and the triangular composition of the center. <ref>

With his ''Charnel House'' of 1945, Picasso concluded the series of pictures that he had started with ''Guernica''. The connection between the paintings becomes immediately obvious when we consider the rigidly limited color scheme and the triangular composition of the center.<ref>

[http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picassobio.html Biography] </ref>

[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/459275/Pablo-Picasso Picasso Biography], Britannica: Pablo Picasso: Life and career.</ref>

In spite of his left-wing views, Picasso died a very wealthy man and left a fortune estimated to be $50 million.

In spite of his left-wing views, Picasso died a very wealthy man and left a fortune estimated to be $50 million.

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== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2631455/Unprecedented-Picasso-exhibition-planned-for-Paris-galleries.html "Unprecedented" Picasso exhibition planned for Paris galleries]

*[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/459275/Pablo-Picasso Pablo Picasso], Britannica Online Encyclopedia

*[http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso.html Pablo Picasso] Olga's Gallery.

*[http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&CID=61dafc880c8847fa82a07b4dba32f7f0&sortby=&c=c&page=1&Search=27394 Pablo Picasso], Art Encyclopedia

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