1. Early 20th Century styles based on SHAPE and FORM: Cubism Futurism
Art Deco
to show the ‘concept’ of an object rather than creating a detail of the real thing
to show different views of an object at once, emphasizing time, space & the Machine age
to simplify objects to their most basic, primitive terms

2. Pablo Picasso
Considered most influential artist of 20th Century
Blue Period
Rose Period
Analytical Cubism
Synthetic Cubism

3. Girl Wearing Large Hat Early Work, 1901.
Lola, the artist’s sister Early Work, 1901.

4. Blue Period (1901-1904) Moves to Paris in his late teens
Coping with suicide of friend
Paintings were lonely, depressing
Major color was BLUE!

5. Pablo Picasso, Blue Nude, 1902.
BLUE PERIOD

6. Pablo Picasso, Self Portrait, 1901.
BLUE PERIOD

7. Pablo Picasso, Tragedy, 1903.
BLUE PERIOD

8. Pablo Picasso, Le Gourmet, 1901.
BLUE PERIOD

9. Rose Period (1904-1906) Much happier art than before
Circus people as subjects
Reds and warmer colors
Pablo Picasso, Harlequin Family, ROSE PERIOD

10. Pablo Picasso, La Familia de Saltimbanques, 1905.

11. Pablo Picasso, Girl With a Goat, 1906.
ROSE PERIOD

12. Much more abstract than before…
Pablo Picasso, Composition with Skull, 1908.

13. Georges Braque, Musical Instruments, 1908.

14. Georges Braque, Fruitdish, 1908-09.

15. Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921.

16. Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907.
“I paint forms as I think them, not as I see them”

17. Paul Cezanne (Post-Impressionist)
Major Influences…
Femme de Vert 1909
Paul Cezanne (Post-Impressionist)

18. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907.
Major Influences…
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907.
African Zimba Mask

19. Major Influences…
African Zimba Mask

20. Analytical Cubism Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Vollard, 1910.
Little contrast in color
Complex and systematic design
Faceted shapes, translucent divisions of space
Differing views of the same subject in the same work
Invented by Picasso and George Braque- at the same time, but not really in collaboration
Retains some sort of depth
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Vollard, 1910.
ANALYTICAL CUBISM

21. Pablo Picasso, Aficionado, 1912.
ANALYTICAL CUBISM

22. Pablo Picasso, Glass and Bottle of Suze, 1912.
SYNTHETIC CUBISM

23. Synthetic Cubism George Braque, Gillet, 1914.
Invented by Braque and Picasso
Puts forms back together after breaking them apart
“Collage” comes from French word for “glue”
Foreign materials are pasted onto the design- makes the collage look like a real surface
Scraps are changed and painted on, giving them a double meaning
George Braque, Gillet, 1914.
New Space Concept - first since Masaccio