October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, one of the most prolific twentieth- century artists is born into a family already inclined in his specialty, the arts. With an art and drawing teacher for a father, Pablo Picasso began showing his love as early as his early speech. Piz, Piz”, a shortened piece of the Spanish ...
Pablo Picasso will always be known as someone who thought “outside the box.” He was a pioneer in artistic world, shunning the preceding artistic ideas of his peers. He created a completely new style of art, cubism, and it was radical, new and paved the way for many others to express themselves through cubes. However, ...
When you are in Battery Park City, you live in Manhattan but you are also somewhat removed from reality. That is, you are West of the West Side Highway (which doesn’t seem possible) and depending on which side of the World Financial Center you are on, your choices for all things, dry cleaning, groceries, and ...
The sculpture collection Chicago has acquired adds to its uniqueness and charm. Many of the newest additions are a direct result of the Percent for Art Program in Chicago where one percent of new constructions costs must go to acquiring art. The following sculptures are in the heart of the city and easily found and ...
Pablo Picasso suffers from being a lazy artist. Let me explain that before you start in on me. I don’t mean lazy in terms of output and I certainly don’t mean to imply that he didn’t expend a terrific amount of energy in essentially revolutionizing modern art. What I mean is that Picasso often favored ...