Pablo Ruiz Picasso Essays -- Art History Artisits

Pablo Ruiz PicassoPablo Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881. Pablo was the son of a prise art teacher, and due to his fathers influence, young Pablo entered the Academy at Barcelona at age 14. This was where he painted his first great work, misfire with Bare Feet. After two years of schooling, Picasso transferred for even for advanced tutelage. This did not hold Picassos interest, so instead he spent overmuch of his time in cafes and in brothels. Three years later, Picasso won a gold medal for his work, Customs of Aragon. This work was displayed on exhibit in Picassos home town. In 1901, Picasso set up a studio apartment in the northern section of Paris known as Montmartre. Picasso had get the hang traditional forms of art by now. However, he was affected by the whole kit of such artists as Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas,Vuillard which can be noticed in his works at the time. Longchamp and The Blue Room are good examples of this change in Picassos style. Soon after this, Picasso began to develop his own methods. Illness stricken Picasso in 1898 and he temporarily retired from the city and rested in the country. Upon his return, Picasso was unhappy with modern art and proceeded to use mothers maiden name. Picasso underwent an grim part of his flavor for the next 4 years (1901-1904) and demonstrated the life of the poor. The next two years following those last four were sooner bright and vigorous. Perhaps this was because he realized how his life differe...