I want to know more about Picasso, is he a great artist?

Answer 1

Well, cubano18, Picasso was a fraud; a phoney! He was indeed a pretty good drawer at a very early age but that does not necessarily mean he was a great artist. He was terrific at self-promotion but any 'innovations' he claimed as his own were borrowed from other artists who weren't quite so good at tooting their own horn. The following are Picasso's own words near the end of his life when he felt the need to confess..........
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From the moment that art ceases to be food that feeds the best minds, the artist can use his talents to perform all the tricks of the intellectual charlatan. Most people can today no longer expect to receive consolation and exaltation from art. The 'refined,' the rich, the professional 'do-nothings', the distillers of quintessence desire only the peculiar, the sensational, the eccentric, the scandalous in today's art. I myself, since the advent of Cubism, have fed these fellows what they wanted and satisfied these critics with all the ridiculous ideas that have passed through my mind. The less they understood them, the more they admired me. Through amusing myself with all these absurd farces, I became celebrated, and very rapidly. For a painter, celebrity means sales and consequent affluence. Today, as you know, I am celebrated, I am rich. But when I am alone, I do not have the effrontery to consider myself an artist at all, not in the grand old meaning of the word: Giotto, Titian, Rembrandt, Goya were great painters. I am only a public clown - a mountebank. I have understood my time and have exploited the imbecility, the vanity, the greed of my contemporaries. It is a bitter confession, this confession of mine, more painful than it may seem. But at least and at last it does have the merit of being honest. (Pablo Picasso, 1952)"

Answer 2

His full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Crispín Crispiniano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. One of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism. It has been estimated that Picasso produced about 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures or ceramics.

Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain.

for details go through
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

Answer 3

Picasso was one of the greatest painters and sculptors of all time. He helped found several major artistic movements (most notably Cubism) and for many people is the most well-known modern artist.

Answer 4

Now, was he a great artist ? Did his works sell ? Was he admired by all his fellow painters ? Did he help Modigliani to become famous ?
Come on!

Answer 5

hes a dead spaniard who lived to almost 90 and invented cubisim, hes considered a great but i dont like his work so hes not great to me. such is life.

Answer 6

Try these sites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso

http://www.picasso.fr/anglais/

http://www.picasso.com/

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/picasso_pablo.html

Answer 7

yes probably.. h was a violanist...... and may be died at an early age..