Picasso's African Period Picasso's African Period Picasso's African Period, which was three years long, lasted from 1906 to 1909, was the period when Pablo Picasso painted in a style which was strongly influenced by African sculpture and particularly traditional African masks. This proto-Cubist period following Picasso's Blue Period and Rose Period has also been called the Negro Period, or Black Period. In the early 20th century, African artworks were being brought back to Paris museums in consequence of the expansion of the French empire into Sub-Saharan Africa. The press was abuzz with exaggerated stories of cannibalism and exotic tales about the African kingdom
George Frost (landscape painter) George Frost (landscape painter) George Frost (1754–1821) was an English landscape painter who lived in Ipswich, Suffolk. Frost was the son of a builder at Ousden in Suffolk, and was originally brought up to his father's business. He subsequently obtained a post in the office of the Blue Coach at Ipswich where he worked until about eight years before his death. Frost had a natural and early love of drawing, and was self-taught as an artist. According to his obituary in the "Gentleman's Magazine":His productions, and more particularly his Drawings, were admirable, and exhibited abundant proofs of the character and