Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is now one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism.
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is now one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism.
Picasso's work is often categorized into "periods". While the names of many of his later periods are debated, the most commonly accepted periods in his work are the Blue Period (1901 - 1904), the Rose Period (1905 - 1907), the African-influenced Period (1908–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909 - 1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912 - 1919).
In the period following the upheaval of World War I Picasso produced work in a neoclassical style. This "return to order" is evident in the work of many European artists in the 1920s, including Derain, Giorgio de Chirico, and the artists of the New Objectivity movement. Picasso's paintings and drawings from this period frequently recall the work of Ingres.
During the 1930s, the minotaur replaced the harlequin as a motif which he used often in his work. His use of the minotaur came partly from his contact with the surrealists, who often used it as their symbol, and appears in Picasso's Guernica.
Arguably Picasso's most famous work is his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica, Spain - Guernica. This large canvas embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war. Guernica hung in New York's Museum of Modern Art for many years. In 1981 Guernica was returned to Spain and exhibited at the Casn del Buen Retiro. In 1992 the painting hung in Madrid's Reina Sofa Museum when it opened.
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