UNIT SEVENTEEN: THE CONTEMPORARY ERA

1. UNIT SEVENTEEN:  THE CONTEMPORARY ERA

2. Cubism

3. Georges Braque (1882-1963)

4. Georges Braque Man with a Guitar[Ceret, summer 1911]Oil on canvas45 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (116.2 x 80.9 cm.)The Museum of Modern Art, New York

5. Georges Braque Woman with a GuitarSorgues, autumn 1913Oil and charcoal on canvas51 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (130 x 73 cm.)Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

6. Georges Braque Fruit Dish, Ace of Clubs[Paris, early 1913]Oil, gouache, and charcoal on canvas31 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (81 x 60 cm.)Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

7. Georges Braque Fruitdish and GlassSeptember 1912Pasted papers and charcoal on paperPrivate collection

8. Georges Braque Still Life on a Table: "Gillette."[Paris, early 1914]Charcoal, pasted paper, and gouache18 7/8 x 24 3/8 in. (48 x 62 cm.)Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

9. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) “Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the song of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works of necessity, that he himself is only an insignificant part of the world, and that no more importance should be attached to him than to plenty of other things which please us in the world, though we can’t explain them people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.”

10. The Blue and Rose periods 1901-1906

11. Pablo Picasso. A Spanish Couple in front of an Inn. 1900. Pastel on cardboard. Private collection.

12. Pablo Picasso. Woman with Chignon.1901. Oil on canvas. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

13. Pablo Picasso. Death of Casagemas. 1901. Oil on wood. Musée Picasso, Paris, France.

14. Pablo Picasso. Self-portrait in Blue Period.1901. Oil on canvas.

15. Pablo Picasso. The Absinthe Drinker. 1901. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

16. Pablo Picasso. The Visit (Two Sisters).1902. Oil on canvas pasted on panel. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

17. Pablo Picasso. The Tragedy.1903. Oil on wood. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. 

18. Pablo Picasso. Old Beggar with a Boy.1903. Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia. 

19. Pablo Picasso,Harlequin with a Glass Pablo Picasso. In 'Lapin Agile' or Harlequin with a Glass.1905. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

20. Pablo Picasso, Acrobat on a Ball Pablo Picasso. Acrobat on a Ball.1905 Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia. 

21. Pablo Picasso, The Family of Saltimbanques Pablo Picasso. The Family of Saltimbanques.1905. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. 

22. Pablo Picasso, Lady with a Fan Pablo Picasso. Lady with a Fan.1905. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.

23. Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Gertrude Stein.1906. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

24. Cubism 1907-1917 “Cubism is no different from any other school of painting. The same principles and the same elements are common to all. The fact that for a long time cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see anything in it, means nothing. I do not read English, and an English book is a blank to me. This does not mean that the English language does not exist, and why should I blame anyone but myself if I cannot understand what I know nothing about?”Picasso.

25. Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.1907. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA. 

26. Pablo Picasso. Woman Seated.1908. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

27. Pablo Picasso. Bottle of Pernod (Table in a Café). 1912. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

28. Pablo Picasso. Still-Life with Chair Caning.1911/12. Collage of oil, oilcloth, and pasted paper simulating chair caning on canvas. Musée Picasso, Paris, France.

29. Pablo Picasso. Violin and Guitar.1913. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. 

30. Pablo Picasso, Harlequin Pablo Picasso. Harlequin.1915. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

31. Between Two Wars 1917-1936, Classicism and Surrealism Between Two Wars 1917-1936 Classicism and Surrealism “Of all these things – hunger, misery, being misunderstood by the public – fame is by far the worst. This is how God chastises the artist. It is sad. It is true.” Picasso “I keep doing my best not to lose sight of nature. I want to aim at similarity, a profound similarity which is more real than reality, thus becoming surrealist.” Picasso

32. Pablo Picasso, The Lovers Pablo Picasso. The Lovers.1923. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA

33. Pablo Picasso, Mother and Child Pablo Picasso. Mother and Child. 1921-22. Oil on canvas. The Alex L. Hillman Family Foundation, New York, NY, USA.

34. Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians.1921. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA

35. Pablo Picasso, The Pipes of Pan Pablo Picasso. The Pipes of Pan.1923. Oil on canvas. Musée Picasso, Paris, France.

36. Pablo Picasso, The Seated Harlequin Pablo Picasso. The Seated Harlequin.1923. Oil on canvas. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 

37. Pablo Picasso, Nude and Still-life Pablo Picasso. Nude and Still-life.1931. Oil on canvas. 

38. Pablo Picasso, Girl Before a Mirror Pablo Picasso. Girl Before a Mirror.1932. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

39. Pablo Picasso, Woman with a Flower Pablo Picasso. Woman with a Flower.1932. Oil on canvas. Galerie Beyeler, Basle, Switzerland. 

40. Wartime Experience Wartime Experience 1937-1945 “Guernica, the oldest town of the Basque provinces and the center of their cultural traditions, was almost completely destroyed by the rebels in an air attack yesterday afternoon. The bombing of the undefended town far behind the front line took exactly three quarters of an hour. During this time and without interruption a group of German aircraft – Junker and Heinkel bombers as well as Heinkel fighters – dropped bombs weighing up to 500 kilogrammes on the town. At the same time low-flying fighter planes fired machine-guns at the inhabitants who had taken refuge in the fields. The whole of Guernica was in flames in a very short time.”The Times, April 27, 1937.

41. Pablo Picasso, Guernica Pablo Picasso. Guernica.1937. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. 

42. Pablo Picasso, A Woman in Tears Pablo Picasso. A Woman in Tears.1937. Oil on canvas. Musée Picasso, Paris, France.

43. Pablo Picasso, After WWII. The Late Works. 1946-1973 After WWII. The Late Works. 1946-1973. “The different styles I have been using in my art must not be seen as an evolution, or as steps towards an unknown ideal of painting. Everything I have ever made was made for the present and with the hope that it will always remain in the present. I have never had time for the idea of searching. Whenever I have wanted to express something, I have done so without thinking of the past or the future. I have never made radically different experiments. Whenever I have wanted to say something, I have said it in such a way as I believed I had to. Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress, but it is a matter of following the idea one wants to express and the way in which one wants to express it.”  Picasso.

44. Pablo Picasso, The Studio of "La Californie" at Cannes Pablo Picasso. The Studio of "La Californie" at Cannes.1956. Oil on canvas. Musée Picasso, Paris, France.

45. Pablo Picasso, Lunch on the Grass Pablo Picasso. Lunch on the Grass.Oil on canvas.

46. Juan Gris Juan Gris b. Mar. 13, 1887, d. May 11, 1927

47. Gris, The Open Window Gris, The Open Window; Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm (25 5/8 x 39 3/8 in); M. Meyer Collection, Zurich

48. Gris, The Pot of Geraniums Gris, The Pot of Geraniums, 1915; Oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm (31 7/8 x 23 5/8 in)

49. Piet Mondrian Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)

50. Piet Mondrian, Composition with Oval in Color Planes II Piet Mondrian Composition with Oval in Color Planes II, 1914, oil on canvas, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.