During this era there were so many great talents. Among those talents a man named Pablo Picasso emerged to become one of the worlds most recognized painters. One of the reasons why I love Picasso’s work is because he had so many different styles and symbols that he used in his paintings. He was a rebellious painter who seemed to reject traditional art forms and indulge in new art styles that are known around the world. With his many styles of painting, he seemed to always paint something appropriate for that time. In WWII he seemed to paint a lot of somber, deathlike objects. This was his way of telling the public that he did not agree with what was going on. This was also a way to try and bring the peace and stop the war. One of his most famous paints titled “Guernica” pictured below, was one of the biggest “anti-war” paintings to come out of that era. Tha painting depicts ”the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicted upon the people, especially the “civilians” who had no say it any of it but like most wars, were defiantly apart of it. This painting has so much emotion (like many of his do) in it. If you look closely you can start to depict many different images, like the huge bull that is standing motionless while observing everyone else in the top left corner. Apparently Picasso was very secretive about the symbolic meanings in his paintings. This painting is one that has an obvious overall statement, but looking in-depth at the painting there are some characters I just do not get.
Pablo Picasso's "Guernica"
This painting was created in 1937 in Paris. It is now in the “Museo Reina Sofia” in Madrid, displayed for all to see. The second painting below is entitled “The Artist and His Model” created by Picasso in 1964 in Paris. The reason that I included this in my post is because I actually got to see this painting up close and personal at an art show entitled “Paint Made Flesh” in Nashville, TN. It was quite something to be actually standing in front of one of his paintings, I almost felt like the painting had a ora radiating off of it.
"The Artist and His Model"
