Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881, and was raised there before going on to spend most of his adult life working as an artist in France.
I found the museum show his work in different period,and there is a strong difference between different period.
The Blue Period (1901-1904)
The Rose Period (1904-1906)
African Influence (1907-1909)
Cubism (1909-1919)
Final Years
this is the ceramic he made
Premiere: 18/05/1917, Théätre du Châtelet/Paris),
10/11/1917, Gran Teatre del Liceu/(Barcelona)
The eruption of the Ballets Russes ballet company onto the European theatre scene in 1909 was a breath of resh air, an innovative new broom that swept this performing art into modernity. The company's founder, the Russian impresario Sergey Diaghilev, conceived of ballet as a total spectacle in which music, dance and fine art were placed
at the service of the most avant-garde creativity. To this end, he worked with the most innovative creators of the time.
Jean Cocteau did not hesitate to propose Erik Satie and Pablo Picasso to compose the music and design the costumes, sets and curtain respectively for Parade. In a
single act, this ballet piece showcases the performances
of four travelling artists (a Chinese conjuror, an American
girl and two acrobats, accompanied by their two
managers), who try to persuade passers-by to come in
and see their show. While Satie used sounds from the real
world in his score, including those made by a typewriter,Picasso brought to his stage design the two languages that greatly marked his work from 1915 onwards: Cubism, seen in the costumes of the managers and the sets,; and classical figuration, noticeable particularly in the composition of the curtain. This new aliance between music, choreography and stage design, which Guillaume Apollinaire described as 'surrealist', was received with uncomprehending bemusement by audiences and criics in both Paris and Barcelona.
Leonardo da Vinci of the 20th Century, Picasso's true greatness and significance lie in his dual role as revolutionary and traditionalist at once.
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