About
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist regarded as one of the most influential figures of 20th-century art, celebrated for co-founding the Cubist movement and creating iconic works such as Guernica and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Before Fame
Demonstrated extraordinary artistic ability in childhood under the tutelage of his father, art professor Don José Ruiz y Blasco, before studying at the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid.
Trivia
His career is divided into distinct periods, including the Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period (1904–1906), Analytic Cubism, and Synthetic Cubism.
Family Life
Born Pablo Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain to María Picasso y López and Don José Ruiz y Blasco; father of four children with three different partners.
Associated With
Co-developed Cubism alongside French painter Georges Braque in Paris during the early 1900s.
