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Avant-Garde Prints: Pablo Picasso
The Avant-garde Movement was considered to be a period of advancement and cultural innovation particularly in issues regarding art and politics.Avant-garde, is a French term translated in English as advance guard or vanguard. The vanguard refers to a group of soldiers who were usually sent ahead of a larger troop in battle to scout for danger. This movement that began in France in the year 1850 was considered to be the most controversial art movement as avant-garde artists aimed to challenge and tear down the status quo. They were viewed as activists, rebellious and non-conformist. The Avant-garde movement was also considered to be the hallmark of the Modernism although it had more of a political or social reformist feel that opposed the mainstream culture of the industrial revolution.
Some of the most famous artists in history belonged to this movement. Museums and art shops continue to commercially print a standard post card size or poster of these artists to meet popular demands. Other more affordable and convenient options availed by consumers for such art prints are online printing. Online printers usually provide a variety of options to the customer, including customized or standard postcard sizes and designs.
One of the movement’s most highly-consumed art prints was by Pablo Picasso. Picasso, a famous Spanish expatriate painter, was the leading proponent of the Cubist Movement together with Georges Braque. Picasso’s style viewed art in various dimensions and merged space, lines, forms into a geometric representation of human figures and still life rather than trying to convey them as real. Picasso’s earlier work underwent various styles and forms before finally resulting in cubism. His earlier work had undergone what was called a Blue Period from 1901 to 1904. This period was characterized with the use of a palette that was mostly shades of blue. The subjects were realist images such as beggars and prostitutes. Picasso’s work also expressed dissent at the atrociousness of man’s brutality. He painted Guernica, a scene depicting the bombings of the towns in the Basque country of Guernica. Picasso also joined the Communist Party in response to the involvement the United States in the Korean War.
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Nikki Sabato is a writer with a background in landscape architecture and design. She currently works in the field of marketing and design communication.
Melissa Ayr – Artist – Taught by student of Pablo Picasso