Picasso was a 20th century artist, the most known artist of that time. He was said to have defined that century. He was the one who came up with the idea of modern art. Some of his most famous works have been, still life's, nudes, and self-portraits. He went through three defined periods during his art career, the blue period: when he was struggling to make his name, the rose period: when he was into making sculptures, and the cubism period. His style of artwork changed every time he was in a new period. He would typically take works from other artists and copy them but put them into his own style, trying to mark them as his own. He would change his style if he noticed that other artists started using it.
The most interesting thing that I learned about Picasso, though, was that he was living in Paris during the Nazi-occupation in World War II. Many of his works were based off of this time in his life. He had many anti-war paintings. Death was one of the main subjects of many of Picasso's paintings, such as his still life pieces. Picasso was not allowed to show his works during this time because the Nazi's outlawed it, but he continued to sneak into his studio almost everyday and paint. The Nazi's also outlawed bronze casting in Paris. But Picasso did not let this stop him. He would have bronze smuggled to him by the French resistance movements. After the war was over, Picasso got remarried twice, and had two children. They soon started to become the focus of his artwork. It's interesting to me to see how much the war can affect people, especially artists and writers. Paintings are an interesting way of seeing what the war was really like, especially Picasso's paintings. Because his paintings are so different, it's neat to see how people interpret them.
Here is a painting by Picasso, made during the war, of a woman with a terrified face:
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