Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain, in 1881 and became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His father was a drawing teacher who encouraged his artistic abilities from a young age. After studying art in Spain, Picasso moved to Paris, where he became part of the city’s active artistic community.

Throughout his long career, he explored many styles and techniques, including painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics. Along with Georges Braque, he developed Cubism, an artistic movement that represented objects by showing different viewpoints at the same time rather than copying reality in a traditional way.

Picasso created thousands of works during his lifetime, including paintings such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Guernica. The latter was painted in 1937 after the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War and became a powerful symbol against the suffering caused by war.

His art changed several times throughout his career, moving through different periods with distinct colors, subjects and approaches. Picasso died in France in 1973 at the age of 91. Today, his work continues to be studied because of its role in the transformation of modern art and its influence on many later artists.