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Dreams World
By peace | October 5, 2010
The Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso
Picasso created The Three Musicians in 1921. He included some Cubist features, such as geometric patterns and collagelike cutouts. His playful treatment of the subject suggests an early interest in the world of dreams.
While in Rome, Picasso became fascinated with ancient Greek and Roman art. While working on the ballet Parade, Picasso met Olga Kokhlova, a dancer in the ballet. Picasso fell in love with her and he married her a year later — They married in July 1918, 4 months before World War I ended. Their son, Paulo, was born in 1921. Picasso was happy with his new life as a husband and a father. The Picassos moved into a large apartment in a nice part of Paris.
In the early 1920s, Picasso became interested in a movement called Surrealism. Surrealism is a movement in art and literature based on fantasy. The writers and artists in this movement were interested in the world of dream–The artists and writers of this movement used their dreams and imagination to create works of art. Picasso used some of their ideas about dreams in his 1921, The Three Musicians and his 1925, Studio with Plaster Cast.
Picasso painted a world of dreams and nightmares. He took part in a show of surrealist art. On the side, Picasso was also writing poetry and doing book illustrations and etchings. He had enough energy for 10 people! Many of Picasso’s surrealistic drawings and etchings were about bullfighting. He also made many images of the Minotaur, an imaginary creature that was half man and half bull. Some art critics think that Picasso liked to think of himself as a Minotaur.
Picasso also became interested in making sculpture. He had done some collage paintings of a guitar that used many 3D objects — nails, string and a cloth. It was as if paintings like this were becoming sculptures.
One day, Picasso met a metalworker and sculptor in Paris. His name was Julio Gonzales. He was Spanish also. Julio and Picasso became friends. They worked together on abstract sculptures using welded metal rods and wire. It was something completely new.
Olga introduced Picasso to high society. They went to formal balls and to fancy resorts. For someone like Picasso who had always cared so much about the poor, this was quite a switch. Olga was a snob. She kept Picasso away from old friends, and Picasso went along with it. Later, Picasso and Olga were no longer happy together. They separated in 1935. They were living on separate floors of their house. She hated his messy studio. Picasso said the mess inspired him. Olga was the problem. “She asked too much of me,” he said. So he bought a grand house north of Paris to escape her. Picasso said his last months with Olga were a nightmare.
At his new place, Picasso set up a sculpture studio in the stables. He made big plaster heads and started doing sculpture made with odd materials. One sculpture, Head of a Woman, was made using colanders.
Picasso met a young girl just as she was coming out of the subway in Paris. Her name was Marie-Therese Walter. It was love at first sight. Immediately Picasso began painting her. They had a daughter, Maya, later that year. He lived with his new family for about one year.
Picasso met a photographer named Dora Maar. He fell in love with her just a year after his daughter was born. Picasso seemed to enjoy having a very complicated love life. He was still seeing Marie-Therese and still dealing with Olga, and now there was Dora!
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