Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was born in Málaga, Spain in an art family, where his father (Don José Ruiz Blasco) was a painter who specialized his work on animal art (Cirlot). Back there, when a painter was a child, he or she was taught about drawing by putting simple geometric form. This style of teaching effected Picasso a lot in later works of him. His father was the one who encouraged him a lot on art. In 1895, his father got offered new job in Barcelona and his whole family moved there. Picasso then soon expressed his talent in art by passing the exam on art course at advanced level. After few years, in 1897, his uncle decided to support him and send him to Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. However, Picasso dropped out of the school because he thought that he found something more interesting than class: the Prado house. 3 years later, Picasso started to live on his own by going to Paris and lived there.
Since then, Picasso’s life can be divided in many periods. The first one is Blue period (1901-1904).   This period was mostly because of the death of his friend in 1901. His friend, Casagemas suicide because the girl he loved refused him. The death effected Picasso deeply, make his painting was almost green and blue like Picasso said “I began to paint in blue, when I realized that Casademas had died.” (Turner) In almost seven years, the artist worked restlessly and lonely and suffering from poverty too. Therefore, his arts at that time were almost green and blue, showing the real life of Picasso. He also traveled many times between Paris and Barcelona to find ideas for his paint.
Finally, in 1904, he settled in Paris in 13 Rue Ravignan. He rented a room and use his paint works as a payment. After short time, he met Fernande Olivier, who was a model for him for seven years and become his love. To Picasso, Olivier was an inspiration for him. She opened the new period for him, the Rose-Period. This period is from 1904 to 1906. Inspired...