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
Mark P. Painter Mark P. Painter Mark Philip Painter (born April 6, 1947), served from 1995–2009 as a judge of the Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals in Hamilton County (Cincinnati), after 13 years on the Hamilton County Municipal Court. In March 2009, Painter became the first American to be elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the United Nations Appeals Tribunal. In 2012, Painter resigned from the Appeals Tribunal and joined the Cincinnati law firm Manley Burke as Of Counsel. A native Cincinnatian, Painter grew up in the city of Blue Ash a Cincinnati suburb, and was a member of the