Ma Jolie Flashcards
Who did the earliest training of Picasso in the arts?
His father Jose Ruiz y Blasco who was an art professor
Where was Picasso born and when?
Malaga, Spain 1881
When did Picasso enroll in the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid?
When he was 16 years old
What was Picasso’s new individual style influenced by at the end of the 19th century?
By Symbolism and Art Nouveau and also the works of El Greco and Francisco Goya
When did Picasso make his first trip to Paris?
In 1900
When was Picasso’s Blue Period?
From 1901 to 1904
What do Picasso’s paintings from his Blue Period focus on?
On the human figure
What is one of Picasso’s most recognizable work from his Blue Period?
The Old Guitarist
When was Picasso’s Rose Period?
From 1904 to 1906
What were Picasso’s subjects during his Rose Period?
Acrobats and harlequins
Who did Picasso travel with to Catalonia in the summer of 1906?
Fernande Olivier
Who did Picasso begin a close association with in 1908?
Georges Braquee
What did Braque and Picasso create?
Cubism
Why did the collaboration between Picasso and Braque end in 1914?
Because Braque enlisted in the army
Where did Picasso get a chance to see artworks from Africa and the Pacific Islands?
At the Ethnographic Museum of the Rocadero in Paris
The influences of art from Africa and the Pacific in Picasso’s paintings were made obvious in what painting?
His 1907 Les Demoiselles D’Avignon
What piece can be seen as a foundational piece in the development of Cubism?
Les Demoiselles D’Avignon
Who did Picasso begin a close association with in 1916?
Sergei Diaghilev
Who did Picasso marry?
Olga Koklova
What was the exception to Picasso’s refusal to express his political beliefs through his art?
Guernica 1937 which depicted the bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War
Where was Guernica viewed?
At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York
What was one of Picasso’s most famous sculptures?
The Chicago Picasso located in Daley Plaza, Chicago