The life of picasso
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In , Pepe was transferred to Coruña, on the northwestern Spanish coast, following the closure of the museum in Malaga. He took his family with him. Picasso was ten years old.
As soon as they arrived, Don José enrolled Pablo in the Instituto de la Guarda, which was located in the same building as the city's Museum of Fine Arts, but he was still not interested in the schooling.
At the age of 13, the young Picasso was confronted with a traumatic event. His sister, Conchita, fell ill and died of diphtheria at the age of 7. He recounts this episode, sixty years later, to Françoise Gilot (his companion at the time), who transcribes it in her book "Living with Picasso". Picasso explains that he wished to stop drawing if his sister was able to cope. Unfortunately for her, the wish was not fulfilled, and the ghost of this funeral promise followed the artist for the rest of his career.
Artistic production
Since , Picasso was enrolled in a drawing class at the Fine Arts School in Coruña, w
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (–)
"Picasso" redirects here. For other uses, see Picasso (disambiguation).
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| Born | Pablo Diego José Francisco dem Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso[1] ()25 October Málaga, Spain |
| Died | 8 April () (aged&#;91) Mougins, France |
| Resting place | Château of Vauvenargues 43°33′15″N5°36′16″E / °N °E / ; |
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| Years&#;active | – |
| Known&#;for | Painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, scen design, writing |
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| Movement | Cubism, Surrealism |
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso[a][b] (25 October – 8 April ) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th
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Pablo Picasso (–)
The artistic genius of Pablo Picasso (–) has impacted the development of modern and contemporary art with unparalleled magnitude. His prolific output includes over 20, paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, theater sets and costumes that convey myriad intellectual, political, social, and amorous messages. His creative styles transcend realism and abstraction, Cubism, Neoclassicism, Surrealism, and Expressionism. Born in Málaga, Spain, in , Picasso studied art briefly in Madrid in , then in Barcelona in , where he became closely associated with a group of modernist poets, writers, and artists who gathered at the café Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats), including the Catalan Carlos Casagemas (–).
Living intermittently in Paris and Spain until , his work during these years suggests feelings of desolation and darkness inspired in part by the suicide of his friend Casagemas. Picasso&#;s paintings from late to about the middle of , referred to as his Blue Peri