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Essay / Biography of Pablo Picasso - 785
Pablo Rui Y Picasso, known to the world as Pablo Picasso, needs no introduction or literary prelude to illuminate the astonishing literature that he offered to the world. The French painter, sculptor, writer and in short literary magnate in his own way, was born in Spain in 1881. During his youth he saw the Cubist movement of the early 19th century and it was then that his genre of collages and the sculpture constructed from different pieces was seen for the first time by the world. Pablo Picasso was extremely realistic in choosing the theme of his artwork. He also had a particular gift for bringing about revolution through his works. The art and culture he made famous in his time is now a cult in the modern world (Müller, 2007). From the Spanish Civil War to the Cuban Communist movement, Pablo Picasso documented the revolution in his art, poetry and writings. . He also had a unique style, that is, he divided his artwork into periods. Although this has been hotly debated by the media and other genres of artists, it is almost obvious that at one time he focused on writing or painting on this theme alone. During Pablo Picasso's time, there were other prominent artists as well, but the social flourishing and innovation present in Picasso's work were not so particularly transparent to him. His works are not typical of his period when what people said was less interpreted. The inner meanings of different situations and circumstances as well as the desire to give it a social approach were completely missing. As a painter he was also extremely realistic, in the way he used common objects like string and pieces of paper to make paintings that had a huge impact on people. Even the cont...... middle of paper......both paintings capture the heartbreak of a fierce and devastating war and the individual and societal suffering it brings. On the contrary, although Guernica is a tricolor painting, the color and brightness of the weeping woman, fail to compete with the intricate details of Guernica. The Weeping Woman is, it seems, the agony of the upper class, where a lady sits in the comfort of her bedroom with her hair tied back and cries in front of her mirror, broken into pieces. As many critics might agree, The Weeping Woman more closely resembles Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress and the model for The Weeping Woman, rather than a war-stricken lady. This is indeed relevant because women, in today’s society, are the face of pain and suffering. Whether after a war or a chaotic, almost war-like daily life, the importance of pain is well justified. ( www.inminds.com)