early life
born in Malaga, Spain father was art teacher and mother was painter never considered child prodigy he produced his first painting at 8
mediums
painting drawing sculpture collage printmaking costume and set design newspaper and book illustration advertisements
Blue Period (1901-1904)
images of poor, homeless, beggars, prostitutes (âvictims of societyâ)
Rose Period (1904-1905)
lighter palette (moved to Paris)
The Young Ladies of Avignon
abstract art
Georges Braque
cubism artist, lived next door to Picasso
Ma Jolie
words on painting front and back of objects are seen at same time â lose meaning
Guernica
largest painting created in response of bombing of Guernica (Basque village) by German and Italian war planes only in black, white, and gray shows suffering, pain, and violence