Picasso's Art as Nursery Art

Pablo Picasso is one of the most celebrated (and sometimes reviled) artist of the last century. His art represents much of the change in the way people have started to think about art, certainly such power to affect cultural change makes his art unique and of interest in your child's education. However you probably still wonder  if this art is worth using as nursery decoration. After all the art you hang on your babies wall is normally cute bright and cheery. Many of Picasso's pictures and much of his life can be said to be much the opposite.
Picasso however as a person did do many admirable things that are worth being inspired by, he worked towards a dream despite great poverty, and he founded an arts magazine, again while impoverished. While the poverty and success of an artist do not necessarily make the art great, they do help to indicate both the belief which the artist had in their art and the power the art had to expand into the public mind. Both of these things are important, as the reflect the level of visual value that such art can have.
Picasso seemed to rather then have a single set of art on which he worked, to be a visual explorer attempting to discover new forms of art. It is in this exploration of art that he came to found Cubism, and to influence many other movements of art. For his work holds a huge depth of visual ranges. This gives parents who wish to include one of his works in the nursery a huge range of works, looks, and feels with which to do so.
One work that might be of particular interest as nursery decor is "The Dance of Youth." A fairly childlike drawing in one sense it has figures which are much more fluid and dynamic then those drawn by children, in bright colors, they dance around a central dove figure. Joy and peace and hope in the future of youth though in many ways a common theme this picture is unique because Picasso is one of the primary inspirations behind this them. Further the hope behind this theme, much like the hope held by parents for their baby make this picture a good choice to grace the walls of the babies nursery.
Maternity is another good choice for nursery decor, showing perhaps the most important event to a young child, that of nursing, it is a calm warm and gentle picture. One of Picasso's few famous figures with only slight elongations. Such disproportions in this case are very subtle, helping to enhance the calm composition of the picture as a whole. It is a beautiful picture showing Picasso's love for the process of childhood and the future, and which can help pass that love onto your child.
Within the Realm of Cubism there are a number of choices available, one good one is "The Violin and the Guitar" This picture is done in reddish and orange earth tones so it is not so bright as one would expect nursery wall art to be. However it has a strong compositional sense that can help visually train a child to better understand the more modern methods of art communication. This perhaps in many ways is what would make Picasso such a good artist to include in the nurseries decor, that he helped to form our cultures visual language means that his works can be used to help teach such visual language. It is after all only through exposure that people can truly learn to appreciate such works. And the appreciation of art can only make the world richer and more beautiful for your child in the future.