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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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.

His early paintings were melancholy and featured the

color blue, so this period is referred to as his "blue

period."

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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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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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