Picasso

Author: Zhu Xiaojun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Pablo Picasso (1881-1976), a Spanish modern artist, constantly changed his artistic techniques throughout his life, experimenting with almost every style of modern art and leaving behind world-shocking masterpieces. He also pioneered the Cubist movement, which had a profound impact on modern painting. Even in his last decade of life, Picasso remained an innovator in art, standing at the forefront of modern art. Few 20th-century artists could escape his influence, and many heavyweight artists changed their way of observing the world because of him. With his vigorous vitality and creative passion, he left behind tens of thousands of works, including paintings, sculptures, collages, ceramics, poetry, and manuscripts. His famous works include Science and Charity, The Girl Before a Mirror, Guernica, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, The Old Guitarist, The Weeping Woman, The Oath of the Horatii, The Dream and Reflection, and The Harlequin's Carnival. He was also the first artist in history to witness his works being collected by the Louvre in France. Picasso's artistic career was rich and ever-changing. This book briefly outlines the life portrait and artistic profile of this most celebrated 20th-century painter through two aspects: his life journey and artistic career. The book divides Picasso's diverse and rich life into nine stages: Childhood, Blue Period, Rose Period, Primitivism, Cubism, Neoclassicism, Surrealism, Metamorphosis, and Pastoral Period. After that, the book selects some of Picasso's most representative works for short reviews and introductions, striving to present readers with a vivid and comprehensive portrait of Picasso.