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Life and Art of Pablo Picasso

By maxhana
  • Birth of Pablo Picasso

  • Death of Picasso's Sister

    Picasso's sister died of diphtheria when she was only 7 years old.
  • Picasso's First Painting

    Picasso's First Painting
    Picasso's first painting was called "First Communion". It was painted when he was only 15 years old.
  • On his own

    When Picasso was 16 he set off to Madrid to try and continue his schooling.
  • Paris

    When Picasso was just 19, he left school and moved to Paris to start his career.
  • Death of Casegamus

    Death of Casegamus
    In February 1901, Picasso's close friend, Carlos Casegamus, shot and killed himself in Paris.
  • Meeting Olivier

    Meeting Olivier
    In the middle of a storm, Picasso met his first lover Fernande Olivier.
  • At the Lapin Agile

    At the Lapin Agile
    Picasso painted this painting of a harlequin during the blue period out of grief and sadness.
  • Portrait of Gertrude Stein

    Portrait of Gertrude Stein
    Picasso met Gertrude Stein and her brother in 1905, and he painted a portrait of Gertrude.
  • La Toilette

    La Toilette
    This painting signifies Picasso's transition from the blue period to the rose period.
  • Joining an Art Gallery

    Picasso joined a new art gallery in 1907 that was started by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.
  • Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

    Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
    Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907 and this signified the start of the "Negro" Period.
  • Cubism Period

    Cubism Period
    The painting, Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table, signifies the beginning of Picasso's analytic cubism period.
  • Relationship Crisis

    Picasso's relationship with Fernande Olivier ended and his relationship with Marcelle Humbert ( Eva Gouel) began.
  • Synthetic Cubism

    Synthetic Cubism
    This painting marked the end of analytical cubism and the start of synthetic cubism.
  • Between Wars

    Between Wars
    This is one of Picasso's many paintings that he made between wars, and this was made during his classicism period.
  • Guernica

    Guernica
    Guernica was created to show the bombing done by the Nazis during the Spanish Civil War.
  • Charnel House

    Charnel House
    Charnel House was created by Picasso to show the terrible things that happened in Nazi concentration camps.
  • Las Meninas

    Las Meninas
    This is one of the 40 or more recreations of Las Meninas, by Pablo Picasso. The original painting was made by Deigo Velasquez.
  • Picasso's Death

    Picasso's Death
    Picasso died on April 8th 1973 but his legacy has lived on and will continue living throughout history.