CubismBy: Amina Al-Naama

Class: 7D

What is Cubism?

Cubism is a style of art created by two famous painters Pablo Picasso and George Braque.

When did it start?

Cubism started in the year 1908 by Pablo Picasso and George Braque.

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist and he was born in 25 October 1881 and died in the year 8 April 1973. He started his career in Paris and started by drawing portraits and then after his friend died he started the blue period and after that he fell in love and started the rose period and then he started the Africa influenced period and finally cubism.

Pablo Picasso’s work

What or who inspired the artist to

work in this style? Why or Why not?

• Picasso in his early lives was watching his father paint so when he grow up his first word was pencil but in Spanish. Picasso started by sketching stuff and when he grow up his family moved to an other country and his father got a job. And after 4 years Picasso’s father found out that Picasso was painting over an unfinished work of a pigeon. So he was inspired by his father.

How is this different from other artworks?

This is different from other artworks because the still life that we made you draw what you see but cubism is drawing what you see in all the directions .

Bibliography

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Cubism

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