ARTISTAS Y ARTE POPULARES

La Cultura – Unidad 4

PABLO PICASSO - SPAIN

One of the greatest and most influential artists of 20th century.

Co-founder of Cubism

His paintings were broken into 3 periods Blue Period Rose Period Cubism

PICASSO’S BLUE PERIOD – 1901-1904 Many paintings were this color because he was lonely

and depressed about a close friend’s death.

Most famous pieces were Blue Nude, La Vie & The Old Guitarist.

PICASSO’S ROSE PERIOD – 1905-1907 Paintings were now with warmer colors like beige, pink

and red because he was in love with a beautiful model.

His most famous paintings from this time include Family at Saltimbanques, Gertrude Stein and Two Nudes.

PICASSO’S CUBISM PERIOD Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a chilling

depiction of five beige figures, prostitutes, abstracted and distorted with sharp geometric features and stark blotches of blues, greens and grays.  considered the precursor and inspiration of

Cubism.

SPANISH CIVIL WAR INFLUENCE

One of Picasso's greatest paintings was completed in the midst of the Spanish Civil War.

On April 26, 1937, German bombers had an aerial attack on the town of Guernica.

Outraged by the bombing and the inhumanity of war, Picasso painted Guernica shortly thereafter, a testament to the horrors of war in black, white and grays.

Guernica remains one of the most moving and powerful antiwar paintings in history.

FRIDA KAHLO - MEXICO

Considered one of Mexico's greatestartists, Frida Kahlo began painting after she was severely injured in a busaccident.

Kahlo later became politically active and married

fellow communist artist Diego Rivera, twice.

Famous for painting her many personal tragedies

such as miscarriages. Also, painted several self-portraits.

DIEGO RIVERA - MEXICO

Inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) & the Russian Revolution (1917), he wanted to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and native peoples of Mexico.

Was married to Frida Kahlo twice.

Painted murals on several public buildings – some of which were controversial.