Facts : Pablo Picasso

Quick Facts: Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso (October 25,1881 - April 8,1973) was a painter, draftsman, engraver, sculptor, ceramist and a Spanish writer, most known of the '' Modernes ''. It is undoubtedly the most complete artist and most brilliant of the XXe century. He is best known as the Co-founder, along with Georges Braques, of cubism.

Son of drawing teacher, Jose Ruiz Blasco and his wife Maria Picasso Lopez, he expresses early its talent that his father recognizes very quickly. Allow in 1897 at Art schools of Madrid. He was 16 years old then, but he was more often at Prado (museum) than in class.

Most famous works
- the woman in blue in 1901 blue period
- the family of acrobats in 1905 pink period
- young ladies of Avignon in 1907 cubism
- Guernica in 1937 cubism

Sculptures
- the head of bull in 1942
- the little girl jumping to the cord in 1950

Papers
- still life in the chair caned in 1912
- violin and sheet of music in 1912

He carried out an impressive number of paintings, sculptures, drawings and engravings. Its creative genius was very varied. In facts, he broke with the artistic traditions while making evolve the Cubism. It is to Picasso that we owes the abstract art. (All that is represented in certain of its works has nothing about to do with reality, for example a face of woman resembles anything, except a face of woman.)

Pablo Picasso will remain until the end a nonconformist, extraordinary character witness of its time and true figurehead of all the modern art.

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