October 25, 2011, marks the 130th birthday anniversary of Pablo Picasso, the founder of the Cubist art movement and one of the world’s most celebrated visual artists.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankArt historians divide Picasso’s oeuvre into several periods. The two earliest periods -- Blue and Rose -- were named so because of the predominance of these colors in the palette. The 1905 painting “Fillette au Ballon” (“Girl balancing on a Ball”), classified as a work of the Rose Period.
Art historians divide Picasso’s oeuvre into several periods. The two earliest periods -- Blue and Rose -- were named so because of the predominance of these colors in the palette. The 1905 painting “Fillette au Ballon” (“Girl balancing on a Ball”), classified as a work of the Rose Period.
© RIA Novosti . A. Sverdlov / Go to the mediabankThe style Picasso developed in collaboration with the French painter Georges Braque came to be known as Cubism. “A fiddle and a guitar,” 1913.
The style Picasso developed in collaboration with the French painter Georges Braque came to be known as Cubism. “A fiddle and a guitar,” 1913.
© RIA Novosti . A. Sverdlov / Go to the mediabank“Three women” (1908), a variation on the classical theme of the Three Graces, painted in the Cubist style.
“Three women” (1908), a variation on the classical theme of the Three Graces, painted in the Cubist style.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankIn 1950, Picasso, now affiliated with the French Communist Party, created his famous “Dove,” which became the emblem of the 1st World Peace Congress, held after the end of WWII.
In 1950, Picasso, now affiliated with the French Communist Party, created his famous “Dove,” which became the emblem of the 1st World Peace Congress, held after the end of WWII.