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Quotes by Pablo Picasso      Quotes by the Spanish Painter and Sculptor.

Quotes by Pablo Picasso
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For some people he was the greatest genius in visual arts of the twentieth century. For others he was a charlatan and a great public relations manager of his own art and person. In my view he was both.
Quotes by Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Art Nouveau      Jugendstil - Sezession - Style Nouille - Stile Liberty

Art Nouveau
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The term Art Nouveau is French and means New Art. Art Nouveau was an extroadinary art movement from the end of the nineteenth century. It is characterized by using organic, ornamental shapes and patterns and by integrating all aspects of art and design.
Art Nouveau

Pablo Picasso II - 1881-1973      Picasso's Graphic Works.

Pablo Picasso II - 1881-1973
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Picasso changed his companions at least as often as his painting styles. The relationships with women influenced his mood and even his art styles. The shift from the "blue" to the "rose period" was probably a result of meeting Fernande Olivier, his first companion. The artist made numerous portraits of his wives and companions and of his children.
Pablo Picasso - Biography Part II

Pablo Picasso I - 1881-1973      Genius or Charlatan?

Pablo Picasso I - 1881-1973
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No other artist is more associated with the term Modern Art than Pablo Picasso. He created thousands of paintings, prints, sculptures and ceramics during a time span of about 75 years. For many Picasso is the greatest art genius of the twentieth century. For others he is a gifted charlatan. Undisputed is the fact that he influenced and dominated the art of the twentieth century
Pablo Picasso - Biography Part I

Haessle      Abstract Art

Haessle
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Haessle was born in Alsace. He is an established and internationally well-known French-American artist living and working in New York for 35 years.
Haessle

Salvador Dali - Divine Comedy      100 Wood Engravings by the Famous Spaniard.

Salvador Dali - Divine Comedy
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The Salvador Dali print series "Divine Comedy" originates in plans by the Italian government to honor the 700th birthday of the Italian poet Dante Alighiere. But when the plans became public in 1954, an outcry went through the Italian nation. Honoring the greatest Italian poet with art prints out of the hands of a Spaniard? Could not be, should not be and would not be!
Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali

Abstract Art      Non-figurative Art.

Abstract Art
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Abstract art is not an invention of the twentieth century. In the Jewish and Islamic religion the depiction of human beings was not allowed. Consequently the Islamic and Jewish cultures developed a high standard of decorative arts.
Abstract Art

Franz Marc 1880-1916      Blue and Red Horses.

Franz Marc 1880-1916
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Franz Marc, 1880-1916, will for ever be remembered for his paintings of animals in brilliant colors and simplified, nearly cubist forms. He died in action in World War I at the age of only 36.
Franz Marc Biography

The Bridge      German Expressionism.

The Bridge
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"The Bridge" is a German art association founded by four students of architecture on June 7, 1905 in Dresden. The founders were Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmitt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl.
The Bridge - German Expressionism

Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944       Abstract Art.

Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944
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Russian born Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944, is considered as the inventor and theorist of abstract painting.
Biography Wassily Kandinsky

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