Pablo Picasso's Biography

2. Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 -
April 8, 1973) was a Spanish
artist who revolutionized
painting, drawing, sculpture, and
ceramics (pottery). Picasso was
born in Malaga, in southern
Spain. His father was an artist and
art teacher. Picasso was a child
prodigy, producing complex
artwork at an early age.
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3. During his life, Picasso painted in many styles, including
realism, cubism (1906-1918), and other abstract styles.
Pablo Picasso was trained as an artist in Spain, but moved to
Paris in 1900, when he was 19 years old. In his early career,
Picasso worked and lived in Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid.

4. His early paintings were melancholy and featured the
color blue, so this period is referred to as his "blue
period."
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5. Picasso's "blue period," (1901 to 1904), was followed by his
"rose period," (1904-1906), during which Picasso used
warmer colors in his paintings
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6. Later, he helped develop cubism
(with his friend Georges Braque), a
newly-invented style in which
objects were represented by cubes,
cones, and cylinders. He also
experimented with surrealism (a
dream-like style with unexpected
juxtapositions), abstraction, collage
(attaching bits of paper and other
scraps to a canvas), mural painting,
sculpture, and ceramics.
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