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Trans Remembrance Project Provides a Community of Grieving: Online shrine offers commiseration, resources and hope around the world
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Tag Archives: Cubism
Picasso’s Blues: Portraits of Loss
Picasso's Blue Period helps us cultivate compassion in difficult times
Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist known widely for sparking the Cubist movement, had a long and prolific career that art historians have divided into distinct time-based categories, or “Periods.” With the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901, Picasso’s … Continue reading
Marc Chagall: “The Death”
With Hanukkah upon us, we look to a painting by the celebrated Jewish artist Marc Chagall
In the spirit of Hannukah (and Thanksgivukkah, because that was pretty neat), we look to the painting The Death (1908) by Jewish artist Marc Chagall. Chagall was born Moishe Segal in the small town of Liozna, Russia in 1887. Life … Continue reading
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Tagged Chagall, Cubism, Death, Expressionism, Hanukkah, Jewish Art, Jewish Culture, Judaism, Liozna, Marc Chagall, Russian Jews, Thanksgivukkah, The Death
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Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period
His friend's committing suicide prompted the artist to begin this notorious phase
Pablo Picasso is known for the fluidity of his work. He frequently went through artistic phases (Cubism being the most notable) that dictated the style and subject matter of his paintings. His so-called Blue Period took place between 1901 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Period, Carles Casagemas, Cubism, Pablo Picasso, Rose Period
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