Pablo Picasso Changed the Way We Look at Art

"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something.

Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality." -Pablo Picasso

Picasso had not always been so enlightened with the fact that there was more to art than the eye could see. During the course of his ninety-one year life, Picasso encountered many ideas and people that helped form the wonderfully talented and brilliant artist in history.

Picasso was born Pablo Ruiz on October 25th 1881, in Malaga, Spain. His father was a inspiring artist while his mother took care of the house. Picasso had shown a great artistic talent in his early childhood years. At 14 years old, Picasso adopted his mother's less common name. Changing Ruiz to Picasso. Shortly after this event, Picasso had finished his one month qualification exam into the Acadamy of the Arts in Barcelona. The only exceptional thing about this was that Picasso had done this in one day.

Picasso stayed with the acadamy for three years, before deciding to move to San

Fernando where he would then attend the Acadamy of San Fernando until the turn of the

century. Picasso then joined up with the group of aspiring artists.

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