GE EL 14 NC
READINGS VISUAL ARTS
Name: Jhannah Rose Chavez
Course/Yr. & Section: BSED MATH 1-A
At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:
Understand how Picasso’s techniques and styles paved the way for cubism, Abstract
Expressionism, and other art movements,
Evaluate the impact of his role in the development of various art movements.
Examine the evolution of Picasso’s artistic techniques and how they reflected the societal and
cultural context of his time.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist)
Also known as: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan
Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María Remedios de la
Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso, Pablo Ruiz, Pablo Ruiz
Picasso.
Also called (before 1901): Pablo Ruiz or Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Pablo Picasso (born October 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain—died
April 8, 1973, Mougins, France) was a Spanish expatriate painter,
sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. He was one
of the greatest and most-influential artists of the 20 th century and
the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism.
For nearly 80 of his 91 years, Picasso devoted himself to an
artistic production that contributed significantly to and paralleled
the whole development of modern art in the 20th century.
Pablo Picasso was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a professor of drawing, and Maria Picasso López. His
unusual adeptness for drawing began to manifest itself early, around the age of 10.
Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s young lover between his first wife, Olga Khokhlova, and his next
mistress, Dora Maar, later hanged herself; even Roque eventually fatally shot herself.
Over the course of his life, Pablo Picasso had two wives, six mistresses and dozens of lovers who
served as inspiration for the artist’s work.
Famous artworks of Pablo Picasso
Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of
his best-known works, regarded by many
art critics as the most moving and powerful
anti-war painting in history. It is exhibited in
the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.
Guernica
The Old Guitarist is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso, which he created in late
1903 and early 1904. It depicts an elderly musician, a haggard man with
threadbare clothing, who is hunched over his guitar while playing in the streets
of Barcelona, Spain. It is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of
the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection.
The old guitar
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is a large oil painting created in 1907 by
the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Part of the permanent collection of
the Museum of Modern Art in New York, it portrays five nude female
prostitutes in a brothel on Carrer d’Avinyó, a street in Barcelona,
Spain.
Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon
Girl before a Mirror is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso, which he created in 1932. The
painting is a portrait of Picasso’s mistress and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, who is depicted standing in
front of a mirror looking at her reflection.
Girl before a Mirror
Picasso created The Weeping Woman during the Spanish Civil War, which
broke out in July 1936, when General Franco revolted against the Republican
government. It was part of a series of works in response to the bombing of
Guernica in the Spanish Civil War on 26 April 1937.
The weeping woman
Le Rêve (The Dream) is a 1932 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso,
then 50 years old, portraying his 22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse
Walter. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January
1932.
Portrait of Dora Maar is a 1937 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. It
depicts Dora Maar, the painter’s lover, seated on a chair. It is part of the
collection of the Musée Picasso, in Paris, where it is considered to be one
of Picasso’s masterpieces.
Dora Maar, a photographer and artist in her own right, became not only Picasso’s muse but also a
significant figure in his life. The painting encapsulates the emotional intensity of their relationship
against the backdrop of a world in turmoil.
Portrait of Dora Maar
Girl on a Ball or Young Acrobat on a Ball is a 1905 oil on canvas painting, which he
produced during his Rose Period. It depicts a group of travelling circus performers
during a rehearsal, with a primary focus on two contrasting figures.
The figure of the girl has been described as an embodiment of the transient dream
of life, with the man’s power protecting her from the cruelty of reality.
Girl on a Ball
Worlds largest Picasso sculpture
This is the head of Pablo Picasso’s wife Jacqueline. It is a 15 meter high
sculpture at Vålö Bay (Vålösund) near Vänern, 7 kilometers outside of
Kristinehamn in Sweden. This is the first concrete sculpture by Pablo
Picasso on a large scale, and the largest in the world.
In 1923, Pablo Picasso painted four portraits of a seated harlequin.
The Catalan painter Jacinto Salvadó sat as the model for this group
of pictures, dressed as a harlequin in a costume owned by Picasso.
Picasso turns his attention here to a subject that interested him for
many years.Picasso felt he was trapped in a failed marriage, the
victim of his mentally unstable wife, Olga Kokhlova.
Seated Harlequin
ASSESSMENT :
Identification
1. The other name of Pablo Picasso before year 1901.
2. He created in late 1903 and early 1904. It depicts an elderly musician, a haggard man
with threadbare clothing, who is hunched over his guitar while playing in the streets of
Barcelona, Spain.
3. He was one of the greatest and most-influential artists of the 20 th century and the creator
(with Georges Braque) of Cubism.
4. He is Picasso’s teacher in drawing and also His father.
5. It is considered to be one of Picasso’s masterpieces.
True or false
1. The Catalan painter Jacinto Salvadó sat as the model for this group of pictures, dressed
as a harlequin in a costume owned by Picasso.
2. Pablo Picasso had two wives, four mistresses and dozens of lovers who served as
inspiration for the artist’s work.
3. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon portrays five nude female prostitutes in a brothel on Carrer
d’Avinyó, a street in Barcelona, Spain.
4. Pablo Picasso was born October 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain
5. Le Rêve (The Dream) is considered to be one of Picasso’s masterpieces.
Answer key
A.
1. Pablo Ruiz or Pablo Ruiz Picasso
2. The Old Guitarist
3. Pablo Picasso
4. José Ruiz Blasco
5. Portrait of Dora Maar
B.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
References
The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica (M.M., 2024).https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pablo-
Picasso
The Paris Review (C. D., 2017). https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-bled-the-
women-in-his-life-for-art/#:~:text=Marie%2DTh%C3%A9r%C3%A8se%20Walter%2C%20Picasso’s
%20young,Roque%20eventually%20fatally%20shot%20herself.
Biography (E. P., 2020). https://www.biography.com/artists/pablo-picasso-wives-mistresses-inspiration
Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(Picasso)
