The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

Itinerant performers, or saltimbanques, are the subject of many of Picasso's works, particularly those of the Rose period. This program evokes a sense of the atmosphere that inspired the artist and traces the process through which curators and conservators discovered earlier compositions--thought to have been lost--beneath the surface of Picasso's painting, Family of Saltimbanques. (29 minutes)

In this short program, a young girl strolls through the exhibition, Picasso, The Saltimbanques. As she gazes at Picasso's pictures of jugglers, bareback riders, harlequins, and clowns, the images before her give way to scenes of a Parisian circus of the kind Picasso attended

One of the foremost figures in 20th-century art, Pablo Picasso shaped the modern aesthetic vision

Short,(about 5 minutes each) evocative studies of works by seven major artists represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art: Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Picasso. Programs are not intended as difinitive studies of these artists; rather, each is designed as a starting point for group discussion of the art and artist. Segments may be used independently, in any order or combination

This program presents a biography and visual analysis of Pablo Picasso's major works. In the history of modern art, Pablo Picasso is a nearly mythological figure. Born in Malaga, Picasso was an innovative master of various media and as one of the most prolific artists in history, creating more than 20,000 paintings, sculptures, prints and ceramics using all kinds of materials. First famous for his pioneering role in Cubism, Picasso's art developed with a pace and energy parallel to the sweeping cultural and technological changes of the 20th century.