Pablo Picasso A Brief Biography Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of poor people in his neighbourhood and was also very poor himself. His father, Jose Ruiz Blasco, was …showed first 75 words of 2857 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2857 total…after Delacroix, "Las Meninas" ("The Maids of Honor) after Velasquez, or the "Dejeuner sur l'herbe" after Manet. 1961 Picasso settles in Mougins, near Cannes. The painter is honoured the world over on the occasion of his 80th birthday. 1963 He executes the very important series of works known as the "Painter and His Model". 1964-1971 Major exhibits of Picasso's work become more frequent. As for the Spanish master himself, Picasso worked almost without pause until death at 91.