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Showing posts with label Picasso. Show all posts

Monday, July 25, 2022

Picasso; Wives & Lovers

 

                    
                                        Picasso & Olga

For over a century now the name, art and legend of artist Pablo Picasso has graced the world with his skill, innovation, persistence and singular accomplishments. He is an artist seemingly without peer but he too was certainly graced by peers and they were great ones.  Chiefly among his fellows would be Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali and to a somewhat lesser degree George Braque.  Their works and honors have stood and stand the test of time as well. Arguably; Picasso does better his peers on some counts. Among these to  consideration are  the sheer numbers of his lifetime creative out-put, his mastery of multiple genre’s including ceramics, sculpture, the  poster, the collage and chiefly the thousands of paintings he produced (primarily oil and gouache.) One other thing of excellence and note for the immaculate Picasso was his acquisition of his many wives, mistresses, and lovers. And not to forget the mistresses and lovers that became wives. In ways he stands alone among his peers in this; his trysts, affairs, seduction and sometimes marriages and divorces with women and not always as a master of chivalry or particular honor.


The women of Picasso include most notably Marie-Thérèse, Françoise Gilot, Jacqueline Roque, Olga Khokhlova and Dora Maar. He loved these women, married, competed with and often controlled them. He painted them as models and adored them. Often the works reflected his emotions and love that sometimes grew into scorn. The subsequent paints becoming monstrous often painful images. The massively-egotistical Picasso even included his own penis in a portrait of Marie-Thérèse. His art, especially his paintings were a diary for Picasso. He has been quoted to have said: “Painting is a way of keeping a diary…” His thoughts, emotions, politics and different life phases are vividly portrayed in his art and artistry as record.
















































Gertrude Stein was another important woman in the life and fortunes of Picasso. The wealthy writer and early patron of Modernism promoted and wrote about him, always praising his talents and was an integral cog to his acceptance among other art patrons while assisted his personal growth as an artist.



Dora Maar

                                                       





                                                              Marie-Thérèse






Françoise Gilot
                                                                                           











                                         Gertrude Stein





                                                        Olga Khokhlova
                   
          
                                 
Jacqueline Roque

Picasso also chose to depict women other than the fore-mentioned (wives and Lovers) as different inspirations and subjects in his works. Random runners racing on beaches, mothers and their children, various nudes, dispossessed women along with acrobats and circus performers. Women were as inspiring to Picasso as a favorite subject along with his Minotaur’s, musicians and the frequent still life. 










                              
                    "Mass in morning, Bull Fight in the afternoon...Brothel at night."

                                                                                                                      Pablo Picasso





















A woman once asked Picasso as they looked at one of his paintings “What does it mean?” He responded “Madam; if I could have expressed it with words there would have been no need to have painted it.”





An artist’s voice as expressed in the tone and content of his work is the only true measure of the legacy and value of any said art. It is ultimately the varied expressions and study of the works that have merit. Is the work beautiful, meaningful, colorful, vibrant, moving, masterful or all of the above? We make these assessments sometimes collectively but is only truly important as we are affected individually and most importantly silently.



Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Picasso WORDS



The 20th Century produced an infinite number of great and innovative artists and minds. The movements, styles and schools go on endlessly. Dada, minimalism, abstract expressionism, pop and cubism are but a few idioms from the last hundred years or so. Picasso was at the forefront of many and the proponent of many more. He worked as a painter, ceramicist, sculptor, print maker and theatrical designer. With works numbering in the thousands he was considered by most experts to be number one in vast fields of practitioners.

The mind and talents of the man represent something unparalled in scope. It is only fitting that his words would be equally as impressive, witty and poignant as any of his other creations. His attributed quotes are as entertaining and richly original as would be expected of a man possessed of such genius. 

Picasso’s spoke on every subject. Among his particulars were of course art, creativity, imagination, the meaning and purpose of living and many other essentials of the genius mind as well as the everyday. By most accounts Picasso was no writer (imagine that) his quotes came largely from the conversations held with his friends and lovers; also members of the media and other inquisitive types were exposed to Picasso’s insights. His thoughts and opinions were self-expressions that propelled the artist and man through life. One of Picasso’s most interesting quotes summed up his passion, purpose and spirit of living. He was noted to have said; perhaps in jest; “Mass in the morning, Bull Fight in the afternoon and Brothel at night.” He was famous for his attentions and devotion to all three. He also said this small thing that summed up his prenominal work ethic; “I often paint two or three paintings in a single day. Afterwards; I will often paint another to relax.”    

Take a little time now and immerse yourself in the view points, wisdom and words of Picasso. And what would any text on Picasso be without the embellishment of his provocative, timeless, uniquely original and immaculate images?



Picasso QUOTES

“People don’t realize what they have when they own a picture by me. Each picture is a phial of my blood. That is what has gone into it.”
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“When I paint my object is to show what I have found and not what I am looking for. What one does is what counts and not what one had intended of doing.”
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“Painters should have their eyes put out like goldfinches to make them sing better.”
                                                                                                                            Picasso






“When there’s anything to steal.
                 I steal.”

               





“Anything of great value-creation, a new idea-carries its shadow zone with it. You have to accept it that way. Otherwise there is only the stagnation of inaction. Every positive value has its price in negative terms and you never see anything very great which is not, at the same time, horrible in some respect. The genius of Einstein led to Hiroshima.”  
                                                                           Picasso





 “You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.”









                                                               

         



“No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.”

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