Pablo picasso

            Pablo PicassoI have researched into Pablo Picasso, and have found one of his linoleum cuts. The linoleum cut is called 'Still Life under a Lamp' (1962) it is the most brilliant example of Picasso's one-block linoleum cuts. It represents well, too, highly decorative turn his vision took in his last decade. This print, created when he was eighty years old, combines a youthful energetic sweep of line and colour with an older nostalgia for quaint patterns. It is, altogether, a satisfying blend. This exceptional use of the rather lifeless linoleum vivifies the layers of flat unmodulated color and allows the exposed paper to become the source of light.
             Throughout his career, Picasso's superb draftsmanship served many subjects. His father taught him the importance of drawing, which thereafter was the dominant occupation of his life. From his earliest years he filled all available surfaces with instant sketches. There are thousands who posses menus, paper money, cafe napkins, and books of every sort with the special sketches that Picasso made within a matter of seconds especially for them. For Picasso drawing was a natural function that only death could halt. In his later years, after he had moved to the South of France and had fewer diversions, he filled hours between painting, sculpting, and pottery-making with drawing. Long series of compositions such as the 180 drawings he did in 1953-54, published as 'Picasso and the Human Comedy,' became an integral part of his life. Almost entirely devoted to his now traditional subjects - the artist at work and play, the circus, the bullfight, and women - Picasso drew with pencil, pen, felt pen, and the tools of the etcher and engrave .
             Cubism in 20th Century Cubism was one of the strongest art movements in the 20th century that gave birth to many other movements such as futurism and suprematism.