Pablo Picasso's first incursions into The New Technologies of The Early Twentieth Century: The Barcelona Napoleon Cinimatograph as paradigm

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7644542

Keywords:

Pablo Picasso, Napoleon Cinematographer, Cinema, New Technologies, Cubism

Abstract

Throughout this article we will approach Pablo Picasso's first forays into new technologies at the beginning of the 20th century. As a representative example of these new technological methods of the time, we will analyze the relationship that was established between Pablo Picasso and cinema, through the specific study of the links that were established between the artist and Cinematographer Napoleon of Barcelona, during his youth. From here, we will assess what degree of influence the cinema had on the early work of Pablo Picasso by comparing various data and testimonies collected from authors such as Roland Penrose, Pierre Cabanne, Pierre Daix, Palau i Fabre or John Richardson, among others. , which point out relevant connections between certain films shown in Barcelona during the first years of the 20th century at the Cinematografía Napoleón and some works by Picasso made in the same period.

Author Biography

Franco Carrión, L., Malaga University

 In 2010 he obtained a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Fine Arts, Design, and New Technologies. She has a degree in Fine Arts and Audiovisual Communication from the University of Malaga and a Higher Technician in Artistic Photography. During the 2010-2011 academic year she enjoyed a stay at the AKV St. Joost in Breda, Holland, studying Fine Arts. In the poetic field, she has been the winner of the X Antonio Gala Poetry Prize in 2016, she was recognized with the first prize of Ucopoética in 2014, publishing in the Editorial La Bella Warsaw All Principles. Winner poets of Ucopoética 2014; the second prize in the INJUVE creation program with the collection of poetry Cuadernos de Holanda in 2011 and the First Prize for poetry at the University of Malaga in 2010. She has obtained scholarships from the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid in 2013, from the Antonio Gala Foundation for young creators during the 2011-2012 academic year and the Rodríguez Acosta Foundation in collaboration with the Iniciarte program during the summer of 2011. It was also awarded the acquisition of work in the III Edition of the Contemporarte 2011 Andalusian University Creation Photography Contest. participating in different art exhibitions such as the exhibition Happiness Museum Sala Initiate Málaga 2015; the Open Day at Casa Velázquez in Madrid in 2014, the finalist exhibitions of Málaga Crea in 2014 and 2013 at the Center for Contemporary Art in Málaga, and the exhibition at the Andalusian Contest of Plastic Arts Desencaja 2012. He currently resides and works in Madrid as a professor of Graphic Arts and is writing a doctoral thesis on cubism and cinematography.

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Laura Franco Portrait

Published

2021-12-22

How to Cite

Franco Carrión, L. (2021). Pablo Picasso’s first incursions into The New Technologies of The Early Twentieth Century: The Barcelona Napoleon Cinimatograph as paradigm. ASRI. Art and Society. Journal for Research in Arts and Digital Humanities, (20), 36–51. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7644542