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Picasso painted and sculpted without constraint to express himself. He shows us all aspects of life, light and dark, its sorrows, its joys and its pleasures.

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- etching
- aquatint
- engraving
- drypoint

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- engraving
- drypoint
- etching
- aquatint

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Oil on Canvas, 117.8x94x10.1 cm

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A child scooping out with full of interest all the food in the bowl, white dress and scarf that the child is wearing.

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The child is being greedy when it comes to food as maybe she is dying of hunger as he/she is devouring the food that is inside the bowl like as if he/she hasn't eaten for days.

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The space in this artwork is spacious as behind the child which is the right hand side of the artwork is empty whereas the space on the left hand side of the artwork is spacious but not as spacious on the right side of the artwork as there are subject matter or items on it. The lines that is mostly used in this artwork is wavy and curvy lines. This gives off the cozy and comfy vibe. The colour used in this artwork is mostly different shades of blues, pale green, mustard yellow and white.

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There are more subject matters on the left side then the right side. The audience's eyes would start from the cup that is one the white cloth table as it has the most number of colours on it. Next, the eyes would go to the most contrasting subject matter which looks like a clump of ice cream. Above that there is a bowl that is tilted towards  the child as the child is digging something out of it. Lastly the eyes would go to the child itself.
In this artwork there is a pattern of the colour blue and wavy lines which gives the artwork a smooth and cozy look. There is emphasis in this artwork in terms of colour. As you can see, there is a light source coming from the top left corner of the artwork. This allows the artist to make use of this source of light to paint white paint on the child and the items in front of it. With this colour it gives a contrast between the child and the background [ white - blue ]

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"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."

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"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."

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"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions. "

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"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions. "

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"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. "

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"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. "

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About Him :
He is a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer. He is also the most influential artists of the 20th century.
Born : October 25, 1881

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Picasso learnt painting and drawing from his father when he was a child. When Picasso was 13 years old, his skill level surpassed his father's and soon, Picasso gave up in doing his schoolwork and focused more during his school days doodling in his notebooks. In 1985, Picasso was 14 years old and his family moved to Barcelona, Spain. That was where he applied to the city's prestigious School of Fine Arts. Even though the school only accepts students several years his seniors, Picasso's entrance exam was so amazing that he was granted an exception and was admitted to the school. Either ways, Picasso chafed at the School of Fine Arts strict rules and formalities and started skipping classes so that he could lurk around the streets of a Barcelona and sketch the city scenes that he observes. In 1897, Picasso moved to Madrid when he was 16 years old to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Once again, Picasso skipped classes as he was frustrated with his school's singular focus on classical subjects and techniques. In 1899, Picasso moved back to Barcelona and fell in with a crowd of artists and intellectuals who made their headquarters at a café called El Quatre Gats. With this, Picasso was inspired by the anarchists and radicals he met there and proceeded on stopping from classical methods which he was trained. He began to experiment art and began to be innovative.

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"We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realise truth"

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"We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realise truth"

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Oil on canvas, 349 × 776 cm

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Spanish Civil War, War

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It is chaotic to represent the horror and confusion of war. This was done through the characters overlapping and intersecting each other, destruction, violent death and mutilation.

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This artwork was created during the Spanish Civil War, 1936. He was tasked to create a mural and hence Picasso created this artwork.

He found his subject through newspaper. He was inspired by many artworks like, Les Desmoiselles D'avigon [1907], Allegory of the Outbreak of War by Peter Paul Rubens [1638], Third Of May 1808 by  Francisco Goya, Minotauromachy [1935] by his earlier work

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Bull, Horse, Lamp, Ceiling Light, Mother crying while holding her child who is dead, a soldier that is lying dead on the floor with a many scars on one of his hand and the other hand is holding a broken sword and has a disconnected leg, a woman reaching up to the sky, a woman's head that is connected to a building that is in fire, a woman that is dragging her injured leg while looking up towards the source of light.

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Balance :
There are 3 shapes in this artwork, 2 rectangles on both sides and a huge triangle in the middle of the artwork.

Movement & Rythem :
The audience's eyes would start from the left then to the right.

Emphasis, Contrast :
Picasso emphasizes the subject matter by using the use of colour and tones like grey and white. The background is mostly black which makes the grey and white subject matter stand out.

Pattern, unity :
The subject matters are looking up like as if there is hope in the sky. The artwork unites the subject by the subject matter looking up towards the light which is in the middle of the artwork.

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The artwork has a chaotic space and is crowded with many subject matters. This shows that the war was a chaotic time as there are many things going between the people of Guernica. The lines used in this artwork are mostly sharp lines which shows that it was an intense war. The shapes used are odd as they are not placed in a usual manner. For example, the eyes of the soldier and the legs of the woman at the bottom right of the artwork. It gives more emphasis towards the leg as it emphasis on the pain that she has to face due to her leg. The colour of the artwork used are basic white, grey and black as there is an absence of colour.

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- The bull at the top left of the artwork represents brutality and darkness. The bull's gaze is cold and dethatched. This bull might be representing Fascism or Francisco Franco. The tail of the bull represents the smoking remains of Guernica.
- The woman below the bull is holding a dead child and she is screaming towards the heavens while her breasts that once fed her child are exposed. Her eyes are in the shape of tears. She is a secular virgin and child tainted by war.
- The dead soldier that is beneath the woman represents futility and hope. His disjointed parts are across the floor. His disjointed hand is holding a broken sword which represents failure from which grows a white flower. This flower symbolizes of remembrance and hope. In his other hand, there are scars which represents the ultimate sacrifice.
- In between the bull and horse, there is a dove with a pained expression and broken body which represents in Picasso point of view, that all the peace has been destroyed.
- The light bulb may represent the eye of god that is overlooking the chaos during war or it may represent the technology that destroyed Guernica.
- The screaming horse that is at the center of the artwork is collapsing due to his wound but its head is reaching upwards as it is struggling to live. Picasso painted a horse like this as he saw the horse as the people of Guernica.
- The woman that is trapped in the building at the right side of the artwork is pleading at the sky either to God or to the German planes to stop the destruction. Whereas behind her there are destructions of buildings due to burning.
- Below the burning woman there is woman that is holding onto her bleeding knee as she is trying to stop the blood with her hand. She is looking very hopeful towards the oil lamp. This is because the oil lamp is the main source of light, not the light bulb and the oil light represents hope and it is strong enough to shed light across the artwork. It also represents the spirit of the Spanish Republic.

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Picasso had countless relationships with  with girlfriends, mistresses, muses and prostitutes, marrying only twice!

- He was with a ballerina, Olga Khokhlova, in 1918 and they remained together for 9 years and they had a son, Paulo. They soon parted in 1927.
- In 1961, he married his second wife,  Jacqueline Roque.
- While married to Khokhlova, he started to have a long-term relationship with Marie-Thérèse Walter and they had a daughter, Maya. However, Walter committed suicide after Picasso died.
- In 1935, he met Dora Maar an artist on the set of Jean Renoir's film Le Crime de Monsieur Lange. Soon, they embarked on a partnership that was both romantic and professional. This happened while Picasso was in the previous marriages. Their relationship lasted more than a decade, during and after Maar struggled with depression.
- However they parted ways in 1946 which was 3 years after Picasso started having an affair with a woman, Françoise Gilot, whom he had 2 children with, son Claude and daughter Paloma. Soon, they parted ways in 1953.

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Mother : Doña Maria Picasso y Lopez
Father : Don José Ruiz Blasco

In the early 1900s, Pablo Picasso moved between France and Spain before settling in Paris in 1904. There, he tried out with various of styles and produced his original ones which are reflected in his 'Blue' and 'Rose' periods.

In 1907, he created/ a painting called, 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'. This painting is a revolutionary work that introduced a major new style which is Cubism. Picasso worked closely with a French artist, Georges Braque during the development of this style.

In 1937 , Picasso produced a painting called, 'Guernica' a painting that was inspired by the destruction of the town in northern Spain by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War. He supported the Republican government fighting General Francisco, and never returned to Spain after Franco's victory.

After that, from 1946 to his death, Picasso continued to produce a huge variety of work including paintings, sculptures, etchings and ceramics. During this period, he remained in Paris during German occupation.

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Picasso died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91, in Mougins, France. He died due to a heart attack which was reported while he and his wife, Jacqueline, were entertaining friends for dinner