Pablo Picasso - Artistic Genius or..........................

[Bluwise]

Point taken Colwyn.  What I really don't understand is whether this style is unique and clever or just used because he can't draw? 

[Colwyn]

Here's an example of Picasso's drawing. I reckon he can draw a bit. What do you think?

[Colwyn]

I'll leave you all to explore Picasso and his works for yourselves. I'm off to Cardiff for a two-day reunion of the chums I used to knock about with when I was a teenager and in my early 20s. I'll probably look like one of Picasso's cubist figures myself when I get back.

[thebillet]

We went to an exhibition of Cezanne at the Courtauld Gallery and afterwards while looking around the rest of the gallery saw an amazing oil painting of a bowl of fruit, it just stood out as brilliant, I'm not a huge fan of still life. As we looked more closely it was by Picasso, superb work, why? I don't know, it just seemed head and shoulders above the rest. 

[Lotty]

This is his most famous and fascinating work. Guernica which depicts the tragedy of war, painted after the horrific bombing of the town on market day during the Spanish Civil War.

[Bluwise]

Here's an example of Picasso's drawing. I reckon he can draw a bit. What do you think?

Yep, he's pretty nifty in this style but unfortunately his cubist style is wasted on me..... all looks very random to me but then I don't have a clue about art (you would never have guessed would you?)

[KKOB]

a two-day reunion of the chums I used to knock about with when I was a teenager and in my early 20s.

Give my regards to Mr Pickwick.  

[bernbrian]

[bernbrian]

[Colwyn]

Through the Eyes of a Child

A year ago, when our granddaughter was two, you started to become interested in the prints that hang on our walls. I picked her up so she could see them properly. She didn't make any comments on the first five but when she came to the one shown below she announced "That's my Mummy!". We tried to suggest "No Izzy, I don't think it is your Mummy" but she was insistent. "Yes, yes, that is my Mummy". By age two she hadn't learned to see what was 'wrong' about Picasso's painting.



Izzy's mother wasn't very impressed with being likened to this painting, but I could find something in what Izzy could see. Make your own mind about this - Izzy's mother is the one on the right in this photo.