PABLO PICASSO STYLED SELF-PORTRAIT Pablo Picasso The Father of Cubism
OBJECTIVES identify both frontal and profile views. create a portrait by observing and measuring. investigate facial proportions and contour line drawing. learn about Pablo Picasso and his development of Cubism. understand the expression involved in Cubism and the creative procedures involved in creating a piece of Cubist art. create a multi-media portrait using Picasso as inspiration.
VOCABULARY Proportion Observation Profile Symmetry Picasso Arrangement Expression Portrait Frontal Feature Measurement Cubism Negative Space Abstract
MATERIALS 18 x 24" white paper Portfolio cover Crayons Pencils Watercolor Paints Tempera Paint Rulers Mirror Erasers Masking Tape Colored Pencils Sharpie Markers Markers
Introduction of Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso was born on October 25,1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco, an art teacher, and Maria Picasso y Lopez. At an early age Pablo showed an interest in drawing. His first words were "piz, piz", which is short for "lapiz", the Spanish word for pencil. Picasso in his studio
Early Years At the age of 7, Pablo began receiving art instruction from his father. His father believed that an artist's training should include copying the masters and drawing the human body from plaster casts and live models. The precision of Pablo's painting technique grew until it soon surpassed that of his father. Autoportrait (1899-1900), Charcoal on paper
Schooling In 1875, Pablo's father accepted a position at Barcelona's School of Fine Arts. He asked officials to allow his son to take the entrance exam. The officials were impressed with Pablo's abilities and admitted him to the academy. As a student he lacked discipline but made friends and continued to grow as an artist. Three Musicians, 1921, Oil on Canvas
After two years of studying in Barcelona, Picasso moved on alone to study in Madrid. In 1904, Picasso settled in France, where he remained all his life. Picasso's work is often categorized into periods, each showing different styles and personal interests; such as the Blue and Rose Period The Tragedy, 1903, Oil on Canvas
Blue Period: 1901-1904 The paintings in this period had many shades of blue and reflected a sad period of Picasso's life when his best friend committed suicide over a girl who had refused him. The subjects in the paintings often depicted loneliness, poverty and the lower class people such as beggars and poor mothers with undernourished children. 1999 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
Rose Period: 1905-1907 This was a happier period for Picasso. Warmer colours such as orange, pink and beige dominated his work. During this time, Picasso met a French model (for sculptors and painters) whom he frequently took to the circus under the bright pink tent. Paintings of clowns, acrobats, harlequins and high society were common. Most of these paintings were bought by an art dealer, Ambroise Vollard, and marked the beginning of Picasso's prosperity. The Boy With Pipe painted during this time was sold at an auction in 2004 for US $104 million, and is reported to be the second most expensive painting in the world. The Boy With Pipe (1905), Paris, Oil on canvas
Cubism The Cubist style distorts the anatomy and physical features into broken planes. All traditional subjects were treated to this Cubist style. Cubism was so named by a critic who felt the works looked like "little cubes". Cubism allowed the artist to show his/her model from many different viewpoints. In the paintings of earlier times, the artist showed his subject from one particular viewpoint. In cubist paintings the artist may show the front and the side of a person's face at the same time. Ebro
Cubist Sculpture Picasso created cubist sculptures as well, demonstrating equal skill in handling threedimensional form. Constructions were often made from "found objects", wood, metal, paper, and and other non-traditional materials. Cubist Sculpture, Pablo Picasso
Guernica The wars in Europe affected Pablo Picasso and his art. Guernica, a painting that many people consider to be his masterpiece, showed the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. Picasso, who spent most of his life in France, caused controversy by supporting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Guernica (1937), Oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Final Years Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. He is best remembered as the co-founder of Cubism, and for Cubist works Les Demoiselles d'avignon (1907), Three Musicians (1921) and Guernica (1937). As a young boy, Pablo Picasso was a prodigy whose skills became an expressive power that profoundly effected the art of the twentieth century.
Picasso: Self-Portrait Self-portrait (1972), Crayon and colored crayons, Fuji Gallery, Tokyo
Weeping Woman
Portrait of a Young Girl
Portrait of Marie-Thérèse
Portrait De Femme
Portrait of Man in a Hat
Untitled
Woman in a Stripped Hat
Girl Before a Mirror
Nusch Éluard
Marie-Therese Walter
PROCEDURES 1. With a partner, you will begin by tracing your side profile silhouette on the portfolio cover. 2. Next, look at your face in a mirror. Measure your head to help understand proportionately where features reside... eyes halfway down, ears parallel, where the nose ends, etc. 3. After you feel comfortable with drawing your facial features, you will add these features to your side profile, using Picasso as your inspiration to arrange (or rearrange) your features.
PATTERNS AND TEXTURES To create variety and interest in your work, NEGATIVE space should be filled with either color/textures or pattern arrangements. A good guideline is at least TWO different patterns and TWO different colors/textures.
COLOR AND MATERIALS Choices are up to you in how to add color. Color relationships should be stressed (i.e. opposites attract, cool colors only, secondary colors, etc.). The use of at least three materials is desirable markers, colored pencils, crayons, watercolors.
FINISHED EXAMPLE
Picasso once said "When you start with a portrait and try to find pure form by abstracting more and more, you will end up with an egg."