1. Artist: Pablo Picasso

2. Pablo Picasso He was a Spanish modern artist, born in 1881 His father was an artist and at age 7 his father taught him oil painting and figure drawing When he was 16 he went to Madrid, Spain to study at Spain’s best art school At 19 he moved to Paris. Paris was considered the art capital of Europe at that time

3. Throughout his life he created oil paintings, sculptures, drawings, etchings, collages & rugs During his life no other artist was as famous as him He died in 1973, at 91 years old Some of his paintings are among the most expensive in the world His work is divided into 4 periods: 1.The Blue Period 2.The Rose Period 3.The African-Influenced Period 4.The Cubism Period Pablo Picasso

4. More About Pablo Picasso’s Work The Blue Period (1901-1904) – sad looking paintings using blue and green colors The Rose Period (1905-1907) – a happier style with orange and pink colors The African-Influenced Period (1908-1909) – a style influenced by African sculpture The Cubism Period (1909-1919) – a style of painting where objects of the painting subject are broken up and repainted in an abstract form – he co-founded this style of art with Georges Braque, a French artist

5. The Picasso (1967) This famous and well known sculpture is in Daley Plaza in Chicago It is 50 feet tall and weighs 162 tons Picasso refused to be paid for his work, he wanted to make it a gift Notice how the face and body are distorted and dislocated, the basketwork structure connecting the minimal facial contours with huge steel wing like structures for the hair

6. The Picasso (1967)