Quiz 4 Flashcards
Self Portrait of Palette? By?
Picasso
First Communion? By?
Picasso?
The painting depicts Pablo Picasso’s sister, Lola, at her first communion.
“The First Communion” was Picasso’s entry into the official artistic world.
Sciene and Charity? By?
FAther is the doctor
Picasso’s last great work in traditional academic style.
Old Guitarist? By?
guitarist shows no sign of life and appears to be close to death
painted for a friend who became lonely and committed suicide
Called Picasso’s Blue Period?
When he wasn’t making much money
What is Picasso often called?
The most prolific painter ever
La Vie? By?
painted in 1903 and
now in the Cleveland Museum of Art
Mother and Child? By?
represents the false depiction of a happy family despite true distant feelings
shadow of Picasso’s arm can be seen in the painting,
Acrobat’s Family with Monkey? By?
painted during Picasso’s rose period
monkey acts as if he is an equal caretaker for the infant -
Boy with a pipe? By?
Holding pipe the wrong way
The boy is a reflection of Picasso.
Woman with a fan? By?
a volumetric study of a woman whose features are simplified into spheres and triangles and suggests a sculptor at work,
a scene changing as it is observed from various positions.
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon?
originally titled The Brothel of Avignon
The work portrays five nude female prostitutes from a brothel
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler?
Daniel owned an art gallery in France.
in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
aficionado 1912
The form at the bottom right can be interpreted as bull testicles
The Aficionado is sometimes called The Bullfighter
Guitar?
2 facts?
resembled no sculpture ever seen before.
fresh insight into Picasso’s cross-disciplinary process in the years immediately preceding World War I.
Portuguese?
Picasso
Portrait of Olga in an Armchair?
Most famous of Olga’s portraits
Lover of Picasso’s, russian ballet dancer. Ordinary, not a good ballet dancer
The Three Musicians?
exemplify the Synthetic Cubist style
large painting measuring more than 2 meters wide and high
Girl Before a Mirror? 2 Unique Facts?
The work is considered in terms of the erotic in Picasso’s art
The young girl was named Marie Therese Walter and was painted multiple times during the 1930’s by Picasso.
Weeping Woman? 2 Unique Facts?
The Weeping Woman in the Tate Gallery was the last of a series of paintings by Picasso depicting this subject.
This painting was the final and most elaborate of the series
Guernica?
It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces on 26 April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. Upon completion, Guernica was displayed around the world in a brief tour, becoming famous and widely acclaimed. This tour helped bring the Spanish Civil War to the world’s attention.
