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Picasso
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In the summer of 1906 Picasso
left Paris for a couple of months to spend time in the gorgeous
Spanish Pyrenees with his muse, Fernande Olivier. This dramatic
transformation in Picasso's private life marked the end of the Rose
Period and the first steps towards the next important phase of the
great artist's work, which is recognised throughout the world as
Cubism.
The work produced by Picasso during his short time in the small
Spanish village of Gosol began to reflect simple forms with traditional
Iberian, Ancient Greek and African influences in a complete departure
from the wildly avant-garde style of the previous year. These influences
continued to dominate Picasso's work on his return to Paris where
he worked in close collaboration with Georges Braque to finely develop
this fundamentally geometric perception of the world. |
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Alongside Picasso and Braque,
striving to expand the limits of traditional art and inspired by
the landscapes of Paul Cézanne were Jean Metzinger, Gris, Duchamp,
and Léger. This group of artists were attempting to reject the traditional
techniques of perspective by challenging the generally accepted
theories of art. Cubism during these early stages of development
is referred to as Protocubism. Picasso in particular produced a
number of fine and varied protocubist works including Glass Vessels
(1906), Gertrude Stein (1906), Self Portrait (1907) and The Dance
of the Veils (Nude with Drapes) (1907).
During 1907 Picasso formally introduced the concept of Cubism to
western art in the 20th Century with the painting Demoiselles d'Avignon.
From this point Cubism is regarded as one of the most influential
and revolutionary movements in modern art and can be split into
two distinct phases; analytical and synthetic. Both phases are illustrated
by work that experiments with distortion of the image, representing
apparently solid objects as radically fragmented. This innovative
approach broke down the components of the painting into a number
of individual facets, presenting several different aspects of one
object from a variety of angles, simultaneously. |
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Analytical cubism covers the work produced by Picasso
from 1907 until 1911 and is characterized by monochrome paintings
that lack emotion and depict mundane subjects, often still life.
Fine examples from this period of work include The Guitar Player
(1910), Girl with a Mandolin (1910), Portrait of Daniel-Henry
Kahnweiler (1910), Accordionist (1911) and Ma Jolie (1911).
Picasso established synthetic cubism from 1912 until 1918. This
specific style has more decorative shapes and brighter colours
than it's predecessor and is notable for the pioneering collage
and stencilling technique widely employed by Picasso. The prolific
Spanish artist produced a number of excellent works during Synthetic
Cubism that include Guitar and Violin (1912), Glass and Bottle
of Suze (1912), Guitar on a Table (1912), Glass and Bottle (1913),
Tavern (1914), The Italian Girl (1917), Harlequin with Violin
(1918).
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| See Also:-
Picasso Formative Years
Picasso Blue
Period
Picasso Rose
Period
Picasso Surrealism
Picasso Later
Years
Picasso Art Store
Picasso Chronology
1889-1900
Picasso Chronology
1901-1910
Picasso Chronology
1911-1920
Picasso Chronology
1921-1930
Picasso Chronology
1931-1940
Picasso Chronology
1941-1950
Picasso Chronology
1951-1960
Picasso Chronology
1961-1970
Picasso Chronology
1971-1973
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