Guernica by Pablo Picasso (1937) - turned into 3D art by Lena
Gieseke in 2008
Today is Pablo Picasso's birthday, and to help celebrate the Cubist movement co-founder, here are Neatorama's quick 10 fun facts about the guy:
1. Picasso's Full Name Has 23 Words
Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. He was named after various saints and relatives. The "Picasso" is actually from his mother, Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father is named Jose Ruiz Blasco.
2. When He Was Born, The Midwife Thought He Was Stillborn
Picasso had such a difficult birth and was such a weak baby that when he was born, the midwife thought that he was stillborn so she left him on a table to attend his mother. It was his uncle, a doctor named Don Salvador, that saved him:
'Doctors at that time,' he told Antonina Vallentin, 'used to smoke big cigars, and my uncle was no exception. When he saw me lying there he blew smoke into my face. To this I immediately reacted with a grimace and a bellow of fury'" (Source)
3. Picasso's First Word: Pencil
It's like Picasso was born an artist: his first word was "piz," short of lápiz the Spanish word for 'pencil.' His father Ruiz, an artist and art professor, gave him a formal education in art starting from the age of 7. By 13, Ruiz vowed to give up painting as he felt that Pablo had surpassed him. (Photo of Picasso as a 4-year-old-boy: Source)
4. Pablo's First Drawing
Le Picador by Pablo Picasso (1890)
At the tender young age of 9, Picasso completed his first painting: Le picador, a man riding a horse in a bullfight.
La première communion (First Communion) by Pablo Picasso
(1896)
His first major painting, an "academic" work is First Communion, featuring a portrait of his father, mother, and younger sister kneeling before an altar. Picasso was 15 when he finished it. (Source)
5. Picasso was a Terrible Student
No doubt about it, Picasso was brilliant: artistically, he was years ahead of his classmates who were all five to six years older than him. But Picasso chafed at being told what to do and he was often thrown into "detention":
"For being a bad student I was banished to the 'calaboose' - a bare cell with whitewashed walls and a bench to sit on. I liked it there, because I took along a sketch pad and drew incessantly ... I could have stayed there forever drawing without stopping" (Source)
6. Picasso's First Job
Picasso signed his first contract in Paris with art dealer Pere Menach, who agreed to pay him 150 francs per month (about US$750 today).
7. Did Picasso Steal the Mona Lisa?
Actually no, but in 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, the police took in Picasso's friend, the poet Guillaume Apollinaire. Apollinaire fingered Picasso as a suspect, so the police hauled him in for questioning. Both were later released. (Source)
8. Cubism: Full of Little Cubes
Le Guitariste (The Guitarist) by Pablo Picasso (1910)
In 1909, Picasso and French artist Georges Braque co-founded an art movement known as cubism. Actually, it was a French art critic Louis Vauxcelles who first called it "bizarre cubiques" or cubism, after noting that Picasso and Braque's paintings are "full of little cubes."
9. Picasso was a Playboy
Being a famous artist certainly helped Picasso get the girl. Girls, in fact - many, many girls. Here's a short list of known wives and lovers of Picasso (Source; Many photos here: Link)
- Fernande Olivier (Picasso's first love, she was 18?; he was 23)
- Marcelle Humbert AKA Eva Gouel (she was 27, Picasso was 31)
- Gaby Lespinasse (he was 34, I don't know how old Gaby was, but she was young, that's for sure!)
- Olga Khokhlova (Picasso's first wife; she was 26 and he was 36 when they met)
- Marie-Thérèse Walter (she was 17, he was 46)
- Dora Maar (she was 29, Picasso was 55)
- Françoise Gilot (she was 21 when she met Picasso, who was 61)
- Geneviève Laporte (one of Picasso's last lovers. She was in her mid-twenties and a French model of Picasso, who was in his seventies when the affair started)
- Jacqueline Roque (who became Picasso's second wife. She was 27 and he was 79)
Le Rêve (The Dream) by Pablo Picasso (1932)
Marie-Thérèse Walter was Picasso's model for Le Rêve. In 2006, casino magnate Steve Wynn agreed to sell the painting for $139 million, but accidentally put his elbow through the canvas the day before the sale was to be completed!
10. Picasso's Car
Okay, it's not exactly his car, but I couldn't resist. Last year, 44-year-old mechanic Andy Saunders of Dorset, England, spent six months converting his old Citroen 2CV into a cubist work inspired by Pablo Picasso!
Saunders named his car Picasso's Citroën, which is much better looking than the ho-hum Citroën Picasso: Link
Scrap-bookers and crafters... You aren't folksy... you're just following in the footsteps of the master.
Lol! Cheers
Jiff
He also was the father of the collage.
That he is just a friend!
loved the facts on this site.
was able to visit the show when it came to india in delhi.was truely inspired,
gayatri
Great post.
Omar.-
the secret is=
Keep trying,
he let them (public) keep buying,
so can you...
now some more?
KEEP UP YOUR OWN WORK.
MORE THE MERRIER.
Picasso Rock is Morro Rock.
That’s right….
Who would have thought?
In February, 2009, after walking on the beach with my wife Terri near horsehead rock, we stood in line with the three towers of the power plant and perpidicular to horsehead rock. I looked at the face of Morro Rock and had a Picasso experience. It was similar to the Guernica painting from 72 years ago. I saw a reflection of the five stages of an embattled human life from the center of the rock, moving to the left (south). The face in the center showing the confused, concerned, knowledgeable, concerted and realistically engraved face of one who has lived the ravages of life and war. The other three to the left show varying degrees of how the disjointedness, disparagement, dillusionment surrealism and true depictment of the reality of their minds can be. As Freud stated, “It’s the realism if the unrealism that shows in surrealism”. The furthest to the left gives a mixed message of someone either extremely enraged, or someone extremely determined, given the reality of their past experiences. The right (north) side of the rock face shows three eyes that look out to the world as if they are the eyes of God. It has a trinity symbolism for me in that the three power plant stacks lined up became “one”, then I turned and saw three eyes on the right side of the rock as I faced it. It’s interesting to me that Guernica has a lightbulb/eye at the top of the painting. The faces of the figures are very similar to those of the rock.
I am requesting that you look at the rock face at the same location I was standing and tell me what you see!
Another note;
I am writing this two weeks after this experience which leads me to believe there is also an elctromagnetic force at this location which has engrained this memory in my mind.
Also, possibly coincidentally, when we came home, our electrical for the microwave had shorted out. We had turned the fan and light on for the stove, which did not work because of the short. I didn’t know what on or off was because they each have a knob like a lamp where you don’t know if it’s on or off unless they are working or not working. When we came into the kitchen, they both came on. Maybe the wires had dried out at that exact moment when we were close to them, (it had been raining hard the day before when they went out), who knows. Maybe just a coincidence.
he was hot too
haha just kidding
he was a good artist though
i neva new anii ovv thesse!!! hha cheers
1917: He started to visit the School of Art. First paintings.
1918: First small exhibition in the Theatre.
1921-25: Went to Academy of Arts in Madrid. Conflicts with his teachers.
1925: First stand-alone exibition of Dalí at the Galery of Dalmau.
1926-28: Early explorations of the Surrealism. Dalí in Cadaqués 1927
1929: Gala went into his life. Joined the group of Surrealists in 1930 Gala 1927, and Dalí 1929
1934-37: Dalí had his paranoid-critic-epoch. Dalí and Gala in 1937
1941-44: "Avida Dollars" in America.
1945-49: Dalí the Classic. Dalí and his Daddy in Cadaqués 1948
1950-65: His mystic period. He wrote several books (The secret life of Salvador Dalí).
1963-78: Dalí the Divine - Dalí and the Science.
1979-83: Theory of Disaster.
1982: Gala died.
1989: Dalí, Jan. 23th, died.
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I'm impressed by the fact "- Jacqueline Roque (who became Picasso's second wife. She was 27 and he was 79)" . I also rather like Guvernica(sp?),,,look up the history and meaning of the image and perhaps you will understand.
Being a famous artist certainly helped Picasso get the girl. Girls, in fact - many, many girls. Here's a short list of known wives and lovers of Picasso (Source; Many photos here: Link)
- Fernande Olivier (Picasso's first love, she was 18?; he was 23)
- Marcelle Humbert AKA Eva Gouel (she was 27, Picasso was 31)
- Gaby Lespinasse (he was 34, I don't know how old Gaby was, but she was young, that's for sure!)
- Olga Khokhlova (Picasso's first wife; she was 26 and he was 36 when they met)
- Marie-Thérèse Walter (she was 17, he was 46)
- Dora Maar (she was 29, Picasso was 55)
- Françoise Gilot (she was 21 when she met Picasso, who was 61)
- Geneviève Laporte (one of Picasso's last lovers. She was in her mid-twenties and a French model of Picasso, who was in his seventies when the affair started)
- Jacqueline Roque (who became Picasso's second wife. She was 27 and he was 79)
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i liked this website, it was very helpful.
#2's opnion...:I like art, even if it is a different style. People shouldnt really spread crap on who Picasso is because that is personal, even if he is dead....RESPECT THE DEAD OR THEY WILL COME FOR YOUR VERY SOUL AND EAT IT!!!!!! (with louisiana hotsauce, yummy)
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Many thanks,
Louise Vikki Amerillo Franchesqua Mclean.
it helped me quite a lot as i was studying pablo picasso in art lesson and found this website in particular very good and accurate.
personally i think that pablo picasso was a great artist and could actually paint very nice painting. however i am no fond with pictures of women.
my last comment i would like to share with u all is that please do not be rude and stop saying nasty things if u dont like pablo picasso then get a life but u dont have to tell the whole world. cause u have probably insulted quite a lot of picasso fans
thx 4 help