Pablo Picasso - Jonathan Accatino

Pablo Picasso started creating ceramics works at the end of the 1940's. Picasso went on to create clay pieces throughout the last years of his life. He initially found that working with clay was a relaxing summer respite from the more strenuous demands of painting. He began with simple utilitarian objects, such as plates and bowls. He then proceeded to create more ambitious forms, such as pitchers and vases, where the handles became facial or anatomical parts of the animal depicted. I picked this piece because I liked how it depicted a fish and how Picasso used the handle to represent an anatomical part of its body.