Seminars In Modern Art Essay, Research Paper

SEMINARS IN MODERN ART

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Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was born on Oct. 25, 1881, in

Malaga, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. His father was

an art teacher and taught his smart son. Picasso studied at

the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where his father was

a professor. Pablo had already mastered the realistic

technique of painting.

Picasso’s style began to form in the years from 1901 to

1904, a period often referred to as his blue period because

of the blue tones he used in his paintings at that time.As

he became more good, Picasso changed, and the blue tones

changed to a pinkish red. At the same time his subject

matter grew less relaxed and included dancers, acrobats etc.

The paintings he did during the years between 1905 and 1907

belong to his rose period.

In 1907 Picasso went in an totally different direction

with ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’. This painting shows the

influence of his new fascination with primitive art and

carvings, especially those of African background. The

picture represents a turning point in art because it opened

the door to cubism and the later abstract movement.