Picasso's father, Jose Ruiz Blasco, was a painter as well and a former professor at the School of Arts and Crafts in Malaga. Picasso was quick to express his desire for art. At the age of four, he was drawing detailed pictures with astounding results. At the age of thirteen, Picasso was enrolled at an art school where his father taught, and suddenly his academic habits changed. He began to apply himself to his work, showing interest in what he was doing, and his grades showed a vast improvement.

In 1896, Picasso's family moved to Barcelona where he excelled at the School of Fine Arts. He was beyond everyone else in school and it was not much of a challenge. Picasso continued to paint, but he was not satisfied. He realized that the only way he coul

A good friend of Picasso committed suicide, which made him extremely depressed. This was believed to start the beginning of Picasso's Blue Period. It is also believed that it is named the Blue Period because he had a dominant use of blue in his paintings. Picasso moved back to Spain and his blue period became more intense. From this period, his most outstanding works were "The Soup" (1902), "Crouching Woman," and "Blind Man's Meal (1903). Shortly after, he moved back to Paris to stay.

Picasso traveled between Barcelona and Paris from 1900 to 1904, and afterward he lived almost exclusively in Paris, where he was a prominent figure among his contemporaries. He then met writer and art collector Gertrude Stein, and her brother, Leo, who were great fans of his style. They helped support him by purchasing many of his early works.

Picasso's work continued to be displayed and admired in the most elite galleries around the world. In 1965, at the age of eighty-three, his busy life was finally catching up with him, and his health was starting to fail. He had to have gallbladder and prostate surgery, and in 1972, Picasso was admitted into a hospital due to severe pulmonary congestion. April 8, 1973, Picasso took his final breath. He could no longer fight for his life. He left many great achievements with the world, which included: 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,280 ceramics; 18,095 engravings; 6,112 lithographs; and around 12,000 drawings.

Pablo Picasso was a genius when it came to art. He was a creator of forms, languages, myths, and beau

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