April 8 marks the 49th death anniversary of the most acclaimed artist, painter, sculptor, and ceramicist in his generation Pablo Picasso.
On his 49th death anniversary, Sada El-balad English (SEE) take a look at some facts about him and his greatest and valuable paintings of all-time.
One of the greatest Renaissance painters, Picasso lived in the golden age of creativity in Spain among many influential artists of the 20th century.
He has been called the father of modern sculptor’s school, ichnology and architecture; he is widely revered as one of the greatest artists of all time and most persely talented person to have ever walked the earth.
He is well known for his seminal works, such as the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Throughout his childhood and adolescence, Picasso showed his extraordinary artistic talent, painting in a natural manner. During the first decade of the 20th century, his freak style and his artistic approaches changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas.
At a young age, Picasso received formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting. Ruiz was a traditional academic artist and instructor, who believed that proper training required disciplined copying of the masters and drawing the human body from plaster casts and live models. His son became preoccupied with art to the detriment of his classwork.
Moreover, the Fauvist work of the slightly older artist Henri Matisse motivated Picasso to explore more radical styles, beginning a fruitful rivalry between the two artists, who subsequently were often paired by critics as the leaders of modern art.
Here is a selection of his precious work of art.
'The Old Guitarist'
'The Weeping Woman'
'Guernica'
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