Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973 - Spain
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Collage

Pablo Picasso

MONDAY - Picasso, an influential artist

​Pablo Picasso, born in Spain, was known as an artist who invented new methods and styles of art. 

Guernica by Picasso

He had a very big influence on art from his lifetime up to the present.  Picasso was born in 1881 and lived to be 92.  Throughout his long life, he created and experimented with art techniques. ​

Three Musicians by Picasso

Collage of Picasso

He is credited with being a founder or an important part of multiple new styles of art, such as Cubism and collage art.  Unlike many artists, he achieved fame and even fortune within his lifetime.  Our artwork of the week is Picasso's collage, Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar, and Newspaper.

Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar, and Newspaper - collager by Picasso

TUESDAY - Picasso and collage

Collage is an artwork made up of assorted materials glued to a paper, board, or canvas. The materials used are determined by the artist.  Some collages have included newspaper clippings, photographs, pieces of fabric, and solid objects among many other things. 

A collage by Picasso

A collage by Braque

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were the first to use collage as a method for creating innovative art.  They came up with the name "collage" from the French verb "coller" which means "to glue" or "to stick". Collage revolutionized modern art.  

Picasso collage - Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar, and Newspaper

Our artwork of the week, Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar, and Newspaper, is created from printed papers and ink on paper.  The newspaper clipping was already thirty years old when Picasso chose it for his collage, so perhaps he wanted it to have a yellowed appearance.

YouTube video - Picasso's Collage Materials (1:51 min.)

WEDNESDAY - Collage from papers

Picasso’s early collages often used wallpapers and newspapers. 

 For his 1912 collage, Still Life With Chair Caning, he glued oil cloth printed with a chair-cane pattern to the surface, added newspaper, and glued a piece of rope around the oval canvas.  

Henri Matisse created collages out of paper.  he painted the paper bright colors and then cut shapes out it which he glued together to form an artwork. ​​

Jean Metzinger collage and oil painting

This artwork combines oil painting and collage.

This collage artist, Deborah Shapiro, uses torn magazine pieces to create art.  ​ (1:37 min.)

YouTube video - materials to use for a collage (1:15 min.)

THURSDAY - Relief collage

Joseph Cornell relief collage

Collages are not always flat such as Picasso’s Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar, and Newspaper or Matisse’s cut-out paper collages. Relief collages use three-dimensional objects that are glued, nailed, stapled, or sewn to a flat base such as a board.  

Wood collage by Jane Frank

Wood-relief collages create art by arranging pieces of wood or wood shavings and scraps to a canvas or board.  

Relief collages can be made out of anything. Megan Hovany mades relief collages out of cardboard, such as this mural for the Chicago Children’s Museum. 

John Chamberlain relief collage

 Found objects can be used to make a relief collage

YouTube video - Abstract collages (3:30 min.)

FRIDAY - Photomontage

Collage made from photographs, or parts of photographs, is called photomontage.  A photomontage combines photos to make one.  

Max Ernst collage

Raoul Hausmann collage

An art movement in Germany known as Dada used photomontage to protest during World War I.    

Hannah Hoch photomontage

Hannah Hoch photomontage

Dada artists used collage to produce sometimes bizarre art.

Peter Kennard photomontage

Photomontage was used by by Surrealists and Pop artists.

This photomontage was done by Mrs. Hurdle. It combines photos from magazines to create one busy, bizarre room.

This collage combines photos with drawing.  All kinds of possibilities exist for an artist using this method.

YouTube video - Magazine Collage Demo(2:06 min.)

YouTube video - Making a collage for children (:56 sec.)

Art Activities Using Collage

Website with ideas and advice for using collage as a project - Collage has wide-open possibilities for connecting to other disciplines

Website with Texture Collage Cityscapes activity (also available through Zuni - search "Texture Collage" under fifth grade January art)

​Website with Surrealist fun Collage (activity uses a dog's head but any combination of realistic photos with drawing could be used

​Website with Self-portrait Collage

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