History YMMV / PabloPicasso

* NewerThanTheyThink: Because he is frequently compared and listed alongside other famous and influential painters like [[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci The]] [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Ninja]] [[Creator/RaphaelSanzio Turtle]] [[Creator/{{Donatello}} Squad]], he is often assumed to have lived in roughly the same time period. He was actually from the 20th century.

* ProtectionFromEditors: The English writer and art critic Creator/JohnBerger argued in his book ''Success and Failure of Picasso'' that Picasso suffered from this. He quotes examples of the kind of grotesque and fawning adulation that art writers used to heap on Picasso, and claimed that the artist had become so rich and successful that, as far as most critics were concerned, he could essentially do no wrong -- which meant that Picasso's work inevitably became mannered and empty because it ceased to be about anything except how famous and successful Picasso was. Berger goes on to argue persuasively that much of Picasso's late work (for instance, the whole series of drawings showing a beautiful girl, a clownish, ridiculous old man and sometimes a monkey) were about the artist's own self-hatred.

* ProtectionFromEditors: The English writer and art critic John Berger argued in his book ''Success and Failure of Picasso'' that Picasso suffered from this. He quotes examples of the kind of grotesque and fawning adulation that art writers used to heap on Picasso, and claimed that the artist had become so rich and successful that, as far as most critics were concerned, he could essentially do no wrong -- which meant that Picasso's work inevitably became mannered and empty because it ceased to be about anything except how famous and successful Picasso was. Berger goes on to argue persuasively that much of Picasso's late work (for instance, the whole series of drawings showing a beautiful girl, a clownish, ridiculous old man and sometimes a monkey) were about the artist's own self-hatred.

* CreatorRecovery: Following the suicide of his close friend, he fell into a severe depression that formed the basis of his Blue Period (1901-1904). His paintings were very sombre, and always made heavy use of blue to signify his mourning. However, in 1904, Picasso entered a romantic relationship with artist & model Fernande Olivier, leading to his Rose Period (1904-1906). With his psychological health regained, Picasso's paintings heavily featured pink tones, and many of them featured harlequins, clown, and circus performers to show off how much better Picasso was feeling.
* FollowTheLeader: Inspired almost every 20th century (and beyond) graphic artist or sculptor who wasn't a traditionalist.

* ArchivePanic: He worked from a young ago until his death at age 91 and was exceptionally prolific throughout that entire span.

* FollowTheLeader: Inspired almost every 20th century (and beyond) graphic artist or sculptor who wasn't a traditionalist.