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Pablo Picasso

Picasso, born October 25, 1881, was a "Spanish artist, chiefly active in France. Picasso was one of the most inventive and prolific talents in 20th-century art. His Blue Period 1901–04 and Rose Period 1904–06 preceded the revolutionary Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907; Museum of Modern Art, New York), which paved the way for cubism. In the early 1920s he was considered a leader of the surrealist movement. From the 1930s his work included sculpture, ceramics, and graphic works in a wide variety of media; in his life he created over 20,000 works of art. Among his best-known paintings is Guernica (1937; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid), a comment on the bombing of civilians in the Spanish Civil War."

The Old Guitarist (1903-4)

An example of one of Picasso's paintings from his "blue period":

In the Library

The library has a number of books about Picasso, his art, and his life. Many of the ones related to his paintings can be browsed in the ND 553 section on the second floor of the Learning Commons.

JSTOR

The library's JSTOR database Image Search is a great resource for viewing art from hundreds of collections.

Look under "View Online" and click the link to get into the database. If you are off campus, you'll need to log in with your MyWCC account.

Once you are in, try a search for Pablo Picasso or cubism and see what you find.