Pablo Picasso was born
October 25, 1881, in Malaga,
Spain. He came from a middle-class background. Pablo had a two sisters, Conchita and Lola. His father, José
Ruiz Blasco, was a professor in the School of Arts and Crafts. He was an amazing painter whose works consisted of birds and other game. Pablo admired his father and watched him create his masterpieces. …show more content…
After that, his family moved to Madrid, Spain, where he was accepted as an advanced student into the Royal Academy of San Fernando.
Pablo moved back to Barcelona where he joined a group of writers, sculptors, and painters that supported each other and studied more historical and contemporary art and developed his own unique style. From 1901 to 1904 (Blue
Period), Picasso’s style re ected a very grim and melancholy color palette, best seen with the Old Guitarist (1903) and Life (1903). In 1905, his style transitioned from somber blues to natural and tender pink and reddish tones. Family of Saltimbanques (1905) and Portrait of Gertrude Stein
(1906) are terri c examples of Picasso’s
Pink Period.
Pablo’s work started becoming more abstract. Quick strokes, unblended intense colors, dis gured- yet proportionate- beings conceived the rst cubist painting, Les
Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). The Fruit Dish (1909) followed displaying a very two dimensional view with analogous colors and choppy shading. In 1921, Picasso reached the peak of his style with the Three Musicians. It breathes pure, classic cubism with its simplicity, rich pigments, and