Pablo Diego Picasso: Famous Painter, Draughtsman and Lover

Pablo Diego Picasso, born 25 October 1881, became the most famous painter and draughtsman of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso was famous for his co-founding of the Cubist movement and for a variety of styles he created. Pablo was also known for his vibrant personality and attraction to women. The three characteristics that best described Pablo Picasso were: his famous paintings, his sculptures and his love affairs.

1. Pablo Picasso’s famous paintings
2. Pablo Picasso’s famous sculptures
3. Pablo Picasso famous love affairs

All of Pablo Picasso’s paintings were classified into various periods. These periods were characterized by a unique style that reflected the painter’s emotional state, personal and love life.

The period from 1901 to 1904 was classified as Picasso’s Blue Period because; in this time he used various shades of blue and blue-green in his paintings. His paintings of this period depicted the hardships of the life of prostitutes, beggars, and blind people. Some of Picasso’s most famous paintings in this time were ‘La Vie’, ‘The Blindman’s Meal’, ‘Celestina’ and an etching called ‘Frugal Repast’. All of these paintings reflect his somber attitude, which was in turn reflected by the tragic death of his close friend, Casagemas.

The paintings that Pablo Picasso is most celebrated for is his analytic cube-style paintings. Picasso and Georges Braque developed this style of painting and their paintings were characterized by the use of monochrome brown colors. Picasso took objects apart and analyzed them in his paintings. This period was known as Picasso’s Analytic Cubism Period. However, his paintings were also inspired by his interest in African artifacts and featured the women he was involved with. His most famous paintings of this time were ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’ and the spectacular ‘Guernica’ which was done in Madrid. Picasso’s new experiments inspired a number of painters to explore the possibility of cubism throughout the twentieth women. The cubist movement came to evolve into contemporary art, a style that is commonly known and used by artists around the world.

Pablo Picasso’s Famous Sculptures

Picasso was also renowned for his sculptures, however, not nearly as much as he was for his paintings. In fact, Picasso was quite secretive about his sculptures. He did not release his sculptures to the public until the 1960s. His most famous sculpture is the ‘Chicago Picasso’, a fifty-foot tribute to the Daley Center that was created in a cubist, three-dimensional style. This sculpture spawned on Chicago’s fascination with contemporary art.

Other notable sculptures made by Picasso were the ‘La Petite Chouette’, ‘Mandolin and Clarinet’, and the ‘Glass of Absinthe’.

Pablo Picasso’s Love Affairs

Outside of his career as artist, Picasso had a very vibrant love life. His love life always drew the attention of all his fans. In 1904, he fell in love with Fernande Olivier, who was his mistress for seven years. Picasso then left her for Marcelle Humbert, who he featured in a number of his Cubist paintings. In 1918, Picasso married Olga Khokholva, a Russian ballerina and they had one son. Her desire for wealth and stardom clashed with Picasso’s Bohemian lifestyle and the two eventually separated. Pablo then engaged in a number of sexual affairs with several other women and even had three more daughters with two separate women.

What characteristic do you think Pablo Picasso was most famous for?

Pablo Diego Picasso died 8 April, 1973. He was well renowned for his immense talent, which was demonstrated in his paintings and his sculptures. Yet, he was also famous for his love affairs. However, there are common arguments that dispute over the characteristic that made Picasso most famous. What characteristic do you think made Pablo Picasso most famous for? Was it his painting and sculpting, or his love for women?