2nd Grade Picasso Woven Hearts

2nd Graders learned about the Rose and Blue Periods in Picasso’s career as an artist.  Then they chose a period on which to base their cool and warm painted papers.  They cut and wove their papers. Finally, the students cut out their heart shapes and glued them to larger hearts.  

Happy Valentine’s Day, Picasso!

Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods

The Blue Period of Picasso is the period between 1900 and 1904, when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. While living in Paris, he produced his Blue Period works, which seemed to reflect his experience of relative poverty, instability, and the death of his friend, depicting beggars, street urchins, the old and frail and the blind.

At this time Picasso was very open to artistic influences around him, and events of these years would have a major effect on his: the exhibition of Fauve works, particularly those of Henri Matisse. 

An ever returning theme in Picasso's blue period (and also in his rose period) is the desolation of social outsiders, whether they be prisoners, beggars, circus people or poor or despairing people in general. 

The Rose Period of Picasso lasted from 1904 to 1906 This period signifies the time when the style of Pablo Picasso's painting used cheerful orange and pink colors in contrast to the cool, somber tones of the previous Blue Period.

During these few years, Picasso was happy in his relationship with Fernande Olivier whom he had met in 1904 and this has been suggested as one of the possible reasons he changed his style of painting. Harlequins, circus performers and clowns appear frequently in the Rose Period and populated Picasso's paintings at various stages through the rest of his long career. (Source: Wikipedia)