Cubism Magnets
Description: Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist and one of the most influential and innovative figures of the 20th century art world. Born in 1881, Picasso is best known for his pioneering role in the development of Cubism, a style characterized by fragmented and abstracted forms. Over the course of his long and prolific career, he also experimented with a wide range of other styles and techniques, including Surrealism, realism, and collage. Picasso was also a skilled sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist, and his work continues to be celebrated and studied around the world.
Description: Don Quixote is a 1955 sketch by Pablo Picasso of the Spanish literary hero and his sidekick, Sancho Panza. It was featured on the August 18–24 issue of the French weekly journal Les Lettres Françaises in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the first part, published in 1605, of the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote. Made on August 10, 1955, the drawing Don Quixote was in a very different style than Picasso’s earlier Blue, Rose, and Cubist periods.
