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The evolution of Picasso's style (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I've gotta say, the "1" in 14 is really easy to miss, and I was very impressed with the art of a 4 year old Picasso.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He started painting at 3.

Here's a painting from when he was 8:

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

That's damn impressive. As a grown-ass man, if you asked me to paint a horse, I wouldn't be able to do anything close to that good.

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It took me a moment lol

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

Same lol.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What's the saying about learning the rules and then learning how to break them?

[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago

While not as stark a difference as Picasso I think Van Gogh is another good example of this, looking at some of his earlier works he was clearly a competent artist, but he really came into his own style later on.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

There's some discussion that the weird morphing of his style was caused by undiagnosed mental illness progressing to advanced stages when he got older.

[–] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could have also been the lead and vermillion (mercury) in the paints.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When I look at this, all I can think about is that that guy went on an LSD binge in his early 20s.

[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wasn't that about Van Gogh's vision?

"It took...but a lifetime to paint like a child"

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Relatable

[–] ryan_@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

“Visiting an exhibition of children's drawings, Picasso (according to Roland Penrose) said: “When I was their age I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them.””

I saw this quote on a display when I was at the Picasso museum in Malaga last summer

[–] Psych@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Man being able to draw like that in 91 is mad lol .

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

That guy really changed through the years