ALL ABOUT PABLO PICASSO

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Picasso is not just an artist with his well-known paintings in modern art. Picasso is also a legend, indeed almost a myth. In the public view, he is called a ‘genius’. Picasso is an idol; no painter or sculptor, not even Michelangelo, was as famous as Picasso in his own lifetime.
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Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, in October of 1881. His father worked as an artist, and was also a professor at the School of Fine Arts and Crafts. He started to give Pablo training on art at the age of 7. In 1891, his father got a job as an art teacher in Madrid and Pablo went to Madrid with him. There, his father continued to teach Pablo. It’s like Picasso was born an artist: his first word was ‘piz,’ which is short for ‘lápiz’ the Spanish word for ‘pencil.’ At the age of 9, Picasso completed his first painting: Le picador, a man riding a horse in a bullfight . In 1901, Pablo Picasso went to Paris, which he found as the ideal place to practice new styles, and experiment with various art forms. He began his work in surrealism and the cubist style, which he began, and he created many special works.
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Pablo Picasso created 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, and 34,000 illustrations which were used in books. He also produced 300 sculptures and ceramic pieces. It is thought that over 350 pieces, which he created during his career, have been stolen.
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Pablo Picasso’s works are among the most expensive art works in the world. One of his paintings, Garçon à la Pipe , was sold for $104,000,000 in 2004.
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Picasso’s real name has 23 words; Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. These are the names of saints and relatives.