Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was the most dominant and influential artist of the first half of the twentieth century. Picasso is also associated with the movement of cubism, with Georges Braque. He also invented collage and made a lot of contributions to symbolism and surrealism. He saw himself as a painter, yet he also worked with materials like a sculptor, printmaking and ceramics. He was famous and had a charismatic personality. Picasso first emerged as a symbolist influenced by Edvard Munch and Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec. This shaped his so-called Blue period in which he liked to paint beggars, prostitutes and various urban misfits, followed by the brighter moods of his next period: the Rose period.

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Pablo Picasso Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story. 2013. Pablo Picasso Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-picasso-pablo.htm. [Accessed 19 May 2013].