The Life of Pablo Picasso

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What comes to your mind when you hear, Picasso?? Exquisite artworks, Captivating paintings, Soul gripping illustrations right??
In this post, I'm gonna be sharing some information and facts about one of the greatest artists who ever lived, Pablo Picasso.

Picasso's full name after baptism was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. That's the longest name I've ever heard. His popular name "Picasso" is actually from his mother, Maria Picasso Lopez. His father was Jose Ruiz Blasco.

Like because was born to become a great artist, his first word was "Piz" a short word for "Lapiz" which meant Pencil.
He had his formal education in art from the age of seven. By 13, he was so good that his father vowed to give up painting because he believed his son was way better than him already.
Picasso finished his first painting (painting of a man riding a horse in a bullfight) at the age of nine.

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His first academic painting was finished when he was fifteen. This painting featured his father, mother and younger sister.

Picasso was thought to be stillborn by the mid wife who was in charge and so left him to attend to his mother. A doctor named Don Salvador was the person who rescued him.

Although Pablo Picasso was an exceptional brilliant at art, he was a terrible student as he always got punished and placed on detention.

Picasso's iconic strip shirt which is a Breton- stripped shirt became the official uniform for French seamen in Brittany.

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In his impressive Seventy eight (78) year art career, he made a total of about 147,800 pieces. These included 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints, 34,000 illustrations and 300 sculptures/ ceramics.

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Pablo Picasso was buried in the grounds of a chateau that he bought in 1958. This is located in a village called Vauvenargues in the south of France. It is said the Picasso bought the estate after discovering that it lays on the slopes of Mont Sainte - Victoire which has been painted several times by the impressionist artist, Paul Cezanne.
Thank you for reading. I hope this post was educative and at the same time fun to read. Do enjoy the rest of your day. Have a blissful one!!!