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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Pablo Picasso was probably the most famous
artist of the twentieth century. During his artistic
career, which lasted more than 75 years, he
created thousands of works, not only paintings
but also sculptures, prints, and ceramics, using
all kinds of materials. He almost single-handedly
created modern art.
Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in
Malaga, Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and
Maria Picasso. Rather than adopt the common
name Ruiz, the young Picasso took the rarer
name of his mother. At the age of 14, Picasso
completed the one-month qualifying
examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in
Barcelona in one day. From there he went to the
Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, returning
in 1900 to Barcelona, where he frequented the
city's famous cabaret of intellectuals and artists,
Els Quatre Gats.
First famous for his pioneering role in Cubism,
Picasso continued to develop his art with a
pace and vitality comparable to the
accelerated technological and cultural
changes of the twentieth century. Each change
embodied a radical new idea, and it might be
said that Picasso lived several artistic lifetimes.
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973 in France at
the age of 91.
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