Spain, son of an artist, Jose Ruiz, and Maria Picasso.

Pablo decided at a young age to adopt his mother's

name Picasso, rather than his father's much more

common name, Ruiz . An artistic prodigy, Picasso, at

the age of 14, completed the one month qualifying

examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona

in one day. From there he went to the Academy of San

Fernando in Madrid, returning in 1900 to Barcelona,

where he spent a lot of time in the city's famous cabaret

of intellectuals and artists, Els Quatre Gats.

Picasso was probably the most famous artist of the

twentieth century. During his artistic career, which

lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of

works, not only paintings but also sculptures, prints,

and ceramics, using all kinds of materials. He almost

single handedly created modern art. He changed art

possibly more profoundly than any other artist of the

The years of 1901 to 1904, known as the "blue

period" because of the types of paintings Picasso was

The 1920's for Picasso were good years. Picasso

1931, he did iron sculptures with his old friend Julio

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