Our first instalment takes us to 1901. On the 24th June Pablo Picasso had his first exhibition in Paris at the age of 19.
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| Self Portrait 1901 |
The Blue Period 1901 - 1904
As the blue period started in 1901 I thought it was apt to concentrate on this era of Picasso's life. I explained to my children that Picasso was a famous painter from Spain who spent most of his grown up life in France. I let my children find these places on the globe. |
| Picasso was born in Spain |
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| Picasso spent most of his life in France |
We searched Google images for paintings and watched a youtube video showing paintings from this period and explained to them that Picasso was very sad because his friend Carlos Casagemas died. I explained to them that Picasso used mainly blue and green to paint and we talked about the expressions on the peoples faces and how it made them feel.
" Mammy it makes me feel sad, like when I get hurt. That makes me sad " - Macey age 4
Blue Collage
We dug around in our arts and crafts box to find blue materials to make our very own blue artwork.My daughter drew a picture of Picasso and used blue and green crayons, paint, glitter, tissue and magazine cuttings. My son is too young to understand but he had lots of fun making a blue collage :)
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| Macey - age 4 |
