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Both the authors of “New Encounters with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: Gender, Race, and the Origins of Cubism” by Anna Chave and “Dada and Surrealism: Poetics of Everyday Life” by Michael Gardiner address the issues or detriments within their chosen topic, Chave’s being Picasso’s famous painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Gardiner’s being the broader subject of the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. “New Encounters” specifically analyses the problematic portrayal of the female body and…

5 Facts about Ecuadorian painter Guayasamin There are so many famous Latin American Painters, but this one is not recognized today for his talent of overcoming struggles and of course, art. He displays very meaningful deep topics in often a creative way through paper and pen, or brush and canvas. Here are 8 different facts about an Ecuadorian painter named Oswaldo Guayasamin. Fundación Guayasamín Before he died, famous Latino painter Oswaldo Guayasamin founded an organization called…

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential Spanish artist of the twentieth century. Picasso was so great at what he did that his art work, still lives on today and influences artist all around the world. Even though, Picasso was best known for his great paintings and sculptures, he also was one of the people that created one of the art movements known as cubism. Picasso painted people and events in his life. He was good for showing diversity in his paintings. At a young age many people knew…

Born in a poor family in southern Spain on October 25, 1881, Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. His impressive artistic talent and inexhaustible inspiration made him a legendary figure in the 20th century. As the greatest art genius in the 20th century, Pablo Picasso had done as much as 37,000 artwork, which includes 1885 oil paintings, 7089 sketches, 2000 prints, and 6121 lithographs. Picasso’s representative works are "Les Demoiselles…

Jacques Lipchitz, Bather, 1922 – 1925, Cubist Spirit Throughout the years there has been many sculpting artist that have develop great art work to show to the world. Just as the famous Jacques Lipchitz that made outstanding pieces of art work. Jacques Lipchitz started to create Bather in the year 1922 and finished his piece in 1925. The medium of Bather is plaster painted to simulate bronze. The exact size of the Bather is 202 by 62.5 by 66.5 cm. Bather, produced at the end of Lipchitz cubist…

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, in 1881 and was the only son of Jose Ruiz and Maria Picasso. Pablo’s father was never home. He chose to spend his time cavorting at the bars with his friends. Whether, he was unfaithful to Maria remains in question. Jose was an art teacher and a painter. Many would say he was a failed painter. Jose dreamed of becoming famous for his artwork. He chose to paint pigeons. I can say that painting pigeons is not a very exciting subject matter. No wonder he…

His obsession with El Greco started when he went to study in Madrid where he was impressed by El Greco’s magnificent heads. As early as 1899 he had filled page after page of a sketchbook with caricatures of Greco-like portraits, often with flamboyant ruff collars, exaggerating their pointed chins, their schematic quality and their hyper-refined tonality. One of his heads even had the inscription: Yo El Greco, yo Greco! Shortly afterwards Picasso’s Blue Period followed and there his pictures were…

In Robert Hughes text ‘The Shock of the New’, he confronts Picasso’s painting Guernica and discusses the importance of the artwork, as well as how art/artists have changed since the production of the painting. Robert Hughes was an Australian born art critic and writer. ‘The Shock of the New’ is part of a larger text of Hughes’ called ‘The faces of Power’, and the Shock of the New was made into a television series that Hughes produced. In his text, Hughes claimed that Guernica was the last great…

He was someone who dreamed his painting and painted his dream. As a young child, Michelangelo wished to be an artist, but his wish did not match his family's business. At the age of 13, Michelangelo's father sent him to an art workshop in Florence, and after only one year of being there, Michelangelo was offered a life changing opportunity which marked the beginning of his professional artistic career. Today, Michelangelo is known as the "father and master of all the arts", his work is wildly…

The Group of Seven is recognized by their singular pieces of art work. The individuals of the Group of Seven are ultimately the most celebrated artists in Canadian History. The fine artwork of the Group of Seven went far further than showcasing their talent. This group began with a number seven members, hence the name, Group of Seven, but as they continued as a group they eventually grew to include ten artists (1). The Group of Seven launched with artists, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y…