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Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

He was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881. By the age of 15 he was already technically skilled in drawing and painting. Picasso's highly original style continuously evolved throughout his long career, expanding the definition of what art could be. In addition to painting, he would explore sculpture, ceramics and other art forms, and become one of the most influential artists of the 1900s.
Paintings from Picasso's blue period (1901-1904) depict forlorn people painted in shades of blue, evoking feelings of sadness and alienation. After his move to Paris in 1904, Picasso's rose period paintings took on a warmer more optimistic mood. In 1907 he and French painter George Braque pioneered cubism.
By 1912 Picasso was incorporating newspaper print, postage stamps and other materials into his paintings. This style is called collage. By the late 1920s he turned toward a flat, cubist-related style. During the 1930s his paintings became militant and political. Guernica (1937), a masterpiece from this period depicts the terror of the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish civil war.
Following World War II, Picasso's work became less political and more gentle. He spent the remaining years of his life in an exploration various historical styles of art, making several reproductions of the work of earlier artists. Picasso died in Paris in 1973.


die Kunst wäscht den Staub des alltäglichen Lebens von der Seele
ein Maler malt, was er verkauft; ein Künstler verkauft, was er malt
es braucht sehr viel Zeit um jung zu werden
ich male die Dinge nicht so wie ich sie sehe, sondern so wie ich sie denke
Kunst ist die Lüge, die uns hilft, die Wahrheit zu verstehen
mit sechzig wird man jung. Das ist leider zu spät
wenn mich die Inspiration packt, wird sie mich malend vorfinden