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Profs and Pints DC presents: “A Portrait of Picasso,” a look at the art and life of one of the twentieth century’s most important and prolific artists, with Lisa Lipinski, assistant professor of art history at the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.
Pablo Picasso was both celebrated and incredibly influential, being intimately involved with—and often at the forefront of–avant-garde art movements such as Cubism and Surrealism. In a career which spanned eight decades, he created more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and works of design.
Join Professor Lisa Lipinski, a scholar of modern and contemporary artists who has given excellent Profs and Pints talks on Marcel Duchamp and Vincent van Gogh, for an in-depth, critical look at Picasso’s life and art.
Dr. Lipinski will trace Picasso’s development from child prodigy to mature master of modern art, discussing his Blue and Rose Periods, the subsequent evolution of his Cubism, ad his collaboration on ballet and theatrical productions. She’ll describe how he stunned the world in 1937 with his monumental anti-war painting “Guernica,” and how a groundbreaking 1939 retrospective of his work in New York helped shift the focus of the art world from Paris to New York.
You’ll also learn about Picasso’s relationships with women, who were essential to his life and creativity. Beyond being muses and models, many were themselves artists, and their work will be examined as well for their own achievements.
As he grew older and his lovers were ever younger, Picasso wrestled with the fact of his own mortality and aging body, making art dealing with the passage of time, sexual desire, and voyeurism. Ever mindful of his place in art history, in the final years of his life he produced reinterpretations of the great painters of the past.
This talk on Picasso will leave you with a much greater understanding of his contributions to art and a better appreciation of his works on display in Washington D.C. at the National Gallery of Art and The Phillips Collection. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15, or $13 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself time to place any orders and get seated and settled in.)
Image: From a 1912 photo of Pablo Picasso in front of his painting “The Aficionado.” (Photographer unknown / Wikimedia Commons)
