Artist Profile - Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was born on October 25th, 1881 in Malagu Spain. He was born to Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco and Maria Picasso y Lopez. He had two sisters, Lola Picasso and Conchita Picasso. His father was an art teacher and encouraged Picasso to get into art. He was educated at Madrid's Royal Academy of San Fernando. He had many affairs but his two marriages were to Olga Khkhlovu and Jacqueline Roque. Five major world events he went through were Beatlemania, World War 2, Civil RIght's Movement, World War 1, and the Korean war. Three struggles that he faced were financial distress, divorce, and his friend's suicide. He mostly did paintings and he was a very strong figure in the cubism movement. His three most famous work's are Guernica, The Blue Room, and Three Musicians. Two pieces of the artist that I liked were Guernica which is based on a bombing. Then, Three Musicians which is a cubic piece of three musicians.