(Pablo Ruiz Picasso; Málaga, 1881 - Moulins, France, 1973) Spanish painter. Picasso's significance does not end with the founding of cubism, a revolutionary trend that definitively broke with traditional representation by eliminating perspective and unique point of view.

Throughout his long career, Pablo Picasso incessantly explored new paths and influenced all facets of 20th century art, embodying the restlessness and receptivity of the contemporary artist like no other. His total dedication to creative work and his vitalistic personality, on the other hand, would never take him away from the problems of his time; one of his masterpieces, Guernica (1937), is the best illustration of his condition as a committed artist.

Son of the also artist José Ruiz Blasco, in 1895 he moved with his family to Barcelona, ​​where the young painter surrounded himself with a group of artists and writers, including painters Ramón Casas and Santiago Rusiñol. Between 1901 and 1904, Pablo Picasso alternated his residence between Madrid, Barcelona and Paris, while his painting entered the stage called the blue period, strongly influenced by symbolism. In the spring of 1904, Picasso decided to move permanently to Paris and settle in a studio on the banks of the Seine.

In the French capital he became friends, among others, with the poets Guillaume Apollinaire and Max Jacob and with the playwright André Salmon; Meanwhile, his painting underwent a new evolution, characterized by a color palette tending to earth colors and pink (pink period).

At the end of 1906, Pablo Picasso began work on a large-format composition that was to change the course of 20th century art: Les demoiselles d'Avignon . In this masterpiece numerous influences converged, among which the main ones are African and Iberian art and elements taken from El Greco and Cézanne. Under the constant influence of the latter, and in the company of another young painter, Pablo Picasso embarked on a review of a good part of the plastic heritage in force since the Renaissance, especially in the field of the pictorial representation of the volume. The geometric patterns eliminate spatial depth and introduce time as a dimension by simultaneously combining different points of view: it was the beginning of Cubism.

Married since 1919 to the Russian dancer Olga Koklova and the father of one son, Paulo, Pablo Picasso became interested in sculpture as a result of his meeting in 1928 with the Catalan artist Julio González; Between them they introduced important innovations, such as the use of wrought iron. In 1935 his daughter Maya was born, the result of a new sentimental relationship with Marie-Therèse Walter, with whom Pablo Picasso coexisted openly despite being married to Olga Koklova.

The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, a prelude to World War II, pushed him to greater political awareness, the result of which is one of his most universally admired works, the large mural Guernica (1937). The reduction to a minimum of the chromaticism, the dislocation of the figures and their heartbreaking symbolism make up an impressive denunciation of the bombing of the German aviation, which on April 26, 1937 devastated this Basque town in an action in support of the troops of the coup general Francisco Frank. In 1943 he met Françoise Gilot, with whom he would have two children, Claude and Paloma. Three years later, Pablo Picasso left Paris to settle in Antibes, where he incorporated ceramics into his favorite supports.

In the 1950s he made numerous series on great classical works of painting, which he reinterpreted as a tribute. In 1961 Pablo Picasso remarried Jacqueline Roque; it would be his last significant relationship. Already a legend in life and the epitome of the avant-garde, the artist and Jacqueline retired to the Château de Vouvenargues, where the creator continued to work tirelessly until the day of his death.

he was also a serious misogynist so remember that

-- ★ Pablo Picasso Complete Documentary The ★ Art Story

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  • Shitbird [any]
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    dude ive been banned on this site a bunch you just take the L, learn to not do the thing that made you an asshole, and then keep posting with a new account. with each account my posting powers grow. if i had never been banned i would have never started shrekposting thank you based mods for creating shrekposting

    banning is a good deterrant bcz you do get attached to a name and might kinda want to keep it, but at the end of a day its a fuckin shitty username and coming up with a new one is fun

    mods plz do not ban for admitting to this im just saying that ppl shouldn't flip out when they get banned.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    3 years ago

    sometimes I think about how Neera Tanden posted herself out of a job and it makes my night

  • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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    lol why are so many chuds coming here asking about virgil texas. literally who gives a shit about virgil texas i thought he was dead. (i'm kidding i know he's on bad faith i just dont care)

  • asaharyev [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    i have paid off $32k of cc debt in 15 months, and i am proud of myself

    • CrispyFern [fae/faer, any]
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      3 years ago

      When I was a kid I thought it was a pretty cool picture until I learned in art class that its a depiction of a bombing. After that it terrified me and legit gave me nightmares. Probably the first piece of art that made me feel an emotion other than "oooo pretty picture".

  • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I feel like I should take a more active role in c/christianity since I am a mod
    ...but idk what to really do.
    👉 👈

    For a bit I was posting memes I found on reddit...just as like...filler, but someone made a snide comment about it once, so I stopped.
    Posting videos and the bible study threads didn't seem to get much traction either.

    I kind of stopped just because I got in a depression rut, but it was also kind of exhausting being one of the only ones posting anything.
    There probably isn't alot of interest in the first place. 😓

    • BezosDied [any]
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      3 years ago

      I appreciate your effort anyway, and personally, I wouldn’t mind the filler.

    • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]
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      I should be doing more with it too. I'm sorry you became the only person trying after a certain point.

      Though after reading the discussions about religion on the main comms, I get why there's minimal interest. Many comrades think religion is useless as a tool for liberation, have been burned badly by it in the past, or are le enlightened reddit atheists. Even the most based aspects of theology only hold so much interest, especially when the concept of "Christianity" in the imperial core has become synonymous with oppression and exploitation.

  • bubbalu [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Please dear lord oh god oh fuck. Send in the Horny Police Special Forces unit because I have done the unspeakable. I was explaining to my roommate my compunctions about kind of sort of leading on this older guy because it made me feel hot and desirable, and my 67 year old neighbor who we could hear working nearby said in a speaking volume voice 'hello, it's [name] I'm right here.' I am so hosed I do not see a way I can ever again leave my room.

  • BezosDied [any]
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    3 years ago

    Every time I see pizza posts, etc. I want to tag r/hailcorporate; their culture of shaming anyone who ever mentions a product is hilarious and we should have it here too.

  • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    chud deli is going out of business in my home town because "people don't want to work" (they pay $7.25 )

    :crab-party:

  • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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    Love Picasso's work, but he was a serious misogynist and since learning that I have a hard time admiring him tbh.

    He submitted them to his animal sexuality, tamed them, bewitched them, ingested them, and crushed them onto his canvas. After he had spent many nights extracting their essence, once they were bled dry, he would dispose of them.

    That's what his granddaughter said about him and his relationship with women. He got at least two women to kill themselves because he treated them so horribly, and said shit like "for me there are only two kinds of women: goddesses and doormats" and "Women are machines for suffering." Obviously an incredibly talented dude but definitely a little :cringe: as well.

      • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah I agree with that. Still an incredible guy and I love his work, especially because nowadays it triggers so many But It's Not Real Art Unless It Looks Like the Real World Because I Have No Understanding or Imagination Outside of Marvel Movie Theories people.

        • Grownbravy [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah, one of my favorite pieces is Pollack hanging in the MoMA, guy had sus connections and I believe he was propped up by the CIA to win the “Culture War” against Soviet artists, alcoholism, and so much more, but put me in front of that sensory overload and I would believe a man screamed paint onto a canvas.

    • Bayonetta [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      His art is interesting and he understood how to hold power. It's a shame he used that power against women. His misogyny also comes through in some of his depictions of the feminine form.

  • a_jug_of_marx_piss [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Why do leftist anti-intellectuals always go on about not wanting to read books by "people who died a hundred years ago", as if them being dead was some kind of an own?