Heliopolis Public Library hosts Picasso seminar

CAIRO – 15 October 2017: Heliopolis Public Library will host a seminar about the iconic Spanish painter Pablo Picasso on October 15.

The seminar is called “Picasso, Tradition Breaker” and will be headed by the artist Amany Saa’d.


Fragmented from a promotional material [photo: Event official Facebook page]

Saa’d will explain the different stages of Picasso’s art, starting with his realistic work to the cubism style he pioneered.


A Woman with Mustard Pot Portrait [Photo: Wikipedia]
A detailed critical reading of Picasso’s paintings will be given by Saa’d.

Picasso was poet, writer, painter, sculptor, stage designer, and printmaker.


A Girl with a Mandoline [Photo: Wikipedia]

Co-founding the cubism movement and collage, and also inventing the constructed sculpture made him one of the greatest influential artists in the 20th century.


The Old Guitarist [Photo: Wikipedia]

Due to his massive experimental processes, his works are classified in a number of phases such as Blue Period, African Art Primitivism, Surrealism and Neoclassicism and Synthetic Cubism.


A Boy with a Pipe [Photo: Wikipedia]

Picasso produced 50,000 works of art throughout his life.

Card Player [Photo: Wikipedia]