This book contains numerous works created by Picasso between 1881 and 1914. The artist’s first style is marked by the influence of E1 Greco, Munch, and Toulouse- Lautrec, who he discovered as a student in Barcelona. Fascinated by psychological expression, in his Blue Period (1901-1904), Picasso expressed moral misery: his genre scenes, still lifes and portraits are stained with melancholy. Picasso’s passions then turned to the figures of acrobats -- the Rose Period. From 1904, the date of his arrival in Paris, his aesthetic evolved considerably.

Picasso apparently started to draw before he learnt to talk. As a child,he was instinctively attracted to the artist’s tools. During his early childhood he would spend hours happily drawing spirals with a sense and meaning known only to himself, and shunned childrens’games. This early self-expression held promise that was later to be revealed to the world.

Life and work

Notes

Biography

Bibliography

Index