Pablo Escobar

The art 21 episode I watched was called “humor”. It really showcased some interesting and peculiar artists; the third artist that was shown in the episode was Raymond Pettibon. He was born in Tucson, Arizona on June 16th, 1957. Before he made a career for himself as a professional artist he was a high school teacher, but realized that art was his passion and thought choosing art was a better career choice. In Pettibon’s art it consists of drawing and writing, and he likes to have pieces that…

can be considered easy to look at. In fact, most are considered unpleasant and difficult to understand with a deeper meaning that is hidden within it. The selection for this assignment is a painting titled Seated Bather (La Baigneuse) by the great Pablo Picasso. The artwork in question is an abstract painting of a young woman, made out of a series of shapes that come together in form of the painting. This women that is shown is said to be of Picasso’s wife, Olga Koklova, a Russian ballerina he…

According to biography.com Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau in France. He was born to a family who worked in the grain business. Starting off as a young man Matisse worked as a legal clerk then pursued a degree in law in Paris from 1887-1889. When he returned to Saint-Quentin he received an occupation in a law office. Although he already had a steady occupation he began to take drawing classes every morning before work. Matisse was suffering from an illness at 21 years…

The elements used to describe Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso include line, shape, color, and value. This picture displays many irregular lines. This is done to display a picture straying from the ordinary image one would have of musicians. The lines mainly appear organic, like the line in the face of the middle musician because he is not proportionate and the instrument the left musician is playing. Shape can be seen both organic and geometric in this image to unite the musicians together. The…

The art piece that I’ve find very intriguing is the Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet. One of my classmates shared this piece, I found myself wanting to know more about the artwork and do a little research about it. The art piece was made in the year of 1832-33 and it is hang in the Paris Salon. The medium that is being used is paint. In the painting, the three elements that the painter has included are the texture, space, and color. As for the three principles of designs, he uses…

The artist Pablo Picasso has greatly impacted the development of modern and contemporary art. His work includes over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings and much more. Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, In Málaga, on the southern Spanish coast. Picasso’s father, José Ruiz Blasco, supported the family by teaching drawing at the local art school. At the age of seven, Picasso received formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting. His father was a traditional,…

Would you classify Guernica as Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, or Surrealism? Explain your answer by using specific visual and stylistic references. Guernica has fascinated the world since its inception in 1937, many were struck by the use of the monochromatic color scheme and the style of the painting. Herein I shall explore the four styles and attempt my interpretation of Guernica. Dada was a movement that did constitute an actual style, but instead focused on other aspects such as group…

This quote, said by the famous painter Leonardo da Vinci. The painter was a very intelligent and talented man who painted the Mona Lisa and many other well known paintings. While saying this, he probably thought of imagination and creativity that every person has. He might’ve had a different meaning when he said this, but people that hear this quote take it a different way. In my own opinion, it means creativity, and how people express themselves. One this this quote means is creativity.…

foreheads, many of the body parts are of multi angle combination. Cézanne’s pieces are chamfered to create the cubic atmosphere but cubism emphasized on multiple view angle combination to create the objects’ stereoscopic features (The Collection, Pablo Picasso…

The Mexican school wasn’t essentially a school but rather than a group of artists that believed the same thing and expressed with different ways. Every artist expressed it with different techniques, ideas, styles, and procedures. Each artist that was involved with the Mexican school created images to express the problems that were presented at the time. Some problems that were occurring are discrimination, dictatorships, and abuses of minorities. African American artists understood these views…