4. Influences
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
◦ Main influence on cubist artists
◦ “Nature should be treated as cylinders,
spheres, and cones.”
◦ Made rigid lines and figures to add structure
to paintings
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
6. Salon Cubists
Jean Metzinger
Albert Gleizes
Robert Delaunay
Fernand Leger
Tendency to write and theorize
7. Beginnings
Picasso and Braque
Paintings, sculptures, and poems
Popular from start
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon-Picasso
L’Estaque Series-Braque
11. About Pablo
Full Name: Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
Birth Name: Pablo Diego Jose Francisco
de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los
Remedios Crispiniano de la Santisima
Trinidad. (17 words)
Born in Malaga, Spain October 25, 1881
Died in Mougins, France April 8, 1973
2 wives: Olga Khokhlova and Jacqueline
Roque.
12. History- Before 1901
Pablo’s father was also a painter. Painted
natural objects like birds.
At age 7 Picasso started getting
professional art training from his father.
Went to several art school because he
moved and he didn’t like taking directions.
Moved to Paris
13. Blue Period- 1901-1904
Only used shades of blue and blue-green
Painted blue because of his depression
(the suicide of his friend)- added
prostitutes, beggars/poor people, and
drunks, blinds and social outsiders.
The Frugal Repast (1904)
◦ A blind man and woman
that can see, sitting at a table
that is bare.
14. Rose Period- 1904-1906
Uses the colors orange and pink
a possible reason he changed from blue
to pink is his happy relationship with
Fernande Olivier.
Used a lot of Harlequins, circus
performers, and clowns.
Started to make abstract art.
Seated Female Nude (1905)
◦ Figure is recognizable but not
an actual person.
15. African-Influenced Period- 1907-
1909
Strongly influenced by African sculptures.
Period was also called the Negro Period
or Black Period.
The French Empire was taking over parts
of Africa so a lot of African art in France.
Started to collect African art while making
the Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.
16. Cubism Period- 1909-1912
Cubism started with Picasso and Georges
Braque.
Used different shapes ( cylinder, squares,
spheres) and colors like grey, blue, and
ocher.
Ma Jolie (1911)
17. Classicism and Surrealism Period-
1918-1945
Art work started to look like objects.
During the uprising ofWorldWar 1.
Classicist painting would be The Lovers.
Surrealist painting would be Woman with
Flower.
18. Later Works- After 1945
Created a Dove symbolizing peace during
WorldWar 2.Won the International Stalin
Peace Prize twice.
Started to draw a Series of paintings
calledVerve Suit. It contained 180 pictures
and had clowns, circus performers, cupid
figures and many more.The works
became more expressive and colorful.
25. About Georges
Full Name: Georges Braque
Born inVal-d’Oise Argenteuil.
Born on May 13, 1882
Died on August 31, 1963 in Paris.
Father was also a painter.
26. Early Life
Started painting with his father
landscapes.
Took light and broke it up. Illuminated
each plane differently
27. Cubism
Braque took the picture and made it
geometric figures but still added shading
so it looks 3-D and flat. He also
interested in making Cezanne’s idea of
multiple perspectives.
Created a collage and invented the Papier
Colle technique.
