The most important painter of the 20th century: Who is Pablo Picasso?

Pablo Ruiz Picasso, who was born into a creative family in Malaga, Spain, on October 25, 1881, as the son of Jose Ruiz Blasco and Maria Picasso Lopez, is one of the most famous artists of all time. The first ten years of Pablo Picasso's life were spent comfortably in his hometown, Malaga. After 1890, the family suffered economic difficulties and moved to La Coruna in 1891. The lively, crowded, and joyful days of Pablo Picasso and his family in Malaga were replaced by a stagnant, lonely, and melancholy life.

The family started living in Barcelona in 1895. Pablo Picasso's early education began at the La Guarda Institute, located on the upper floor of the San Telmo School of Fine Arts in La Coruna, where his father worked. However, Picasso, a hyperactive child, often did not want to go to school due to a lack of attention.

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Picasso, whose talent for painting was noticed even as a young child, learned his first knowledge about art from his father, Jose Ruiz Blasco, who was also a painter. In 1892, in addition to his education at the institute, Picasso started taking painting lessons at his father's school and began to make his first artistic works by carefully examining his father's works. After the family moved to Barcelona, Picasso continued his education at La Llotja Fine Arts Academy, where his father also worked. He left his education halfway and started working in workshops by sharing the small room used by his friend Josep Cardona Santiago. The world-famous artist, the founder of the Cubism movement, brought a new vision to modern art with his works throughout his long life.

He was also a very good sculptor

Pablo Picasso's artistic life began at a very young age. Young Picasso received the 'Honor Award' at the National Fine Arts Exhibition in Madrid with his famous painting 'Science and Mercy', which he painted with a realistic approach to painting in 1897 when he was only 16 years old. In addition to being a famous painter, Picasso also designed sculptures, ceramics, and theater, and opened his first personal exhibition at Els Quatre Gats in 1900. The same year, he went to Paris to see the World Fair. He participated in the exhibition held at the Louvre Museum with his painting "Ultimos Momentos - Last Moments".

It was understood, especially through exhibitions held after the 1950s, that Picasso was also a very good sculptor. The sculpture 'Fernande's Head', which he made in 1906, is one of his most beautiful works. Picasso went through difficult times between 1901 and 1904, which can be called the early periods of his art, due to financial difficulties and the suicide of his friend Casagemas. During this period, Picasso, who made more melancholic works in which the color blue was dominant, wrote 'La Cebaza de Casagemas' (The Head of Casagemas), 'Muerto de Casagemas' (Death of Casagemas), and 'Enttierro de Casagemas' (The Fall of Casagemas) after the death of his friend. He made works called Burial.

On April 8, 1973...

Picasso painted many 'Harlequin' (acrobat) figures while he lived in Paris. His melancholic works were now replaced by natural structures, far from monumental, with more vibrant colors. One of the works of this period is 'Muchacho con Pipa' (Young Boy with a Pipe). It was seen that Picasso, who thought that he needed to give a new direction to his art because he was no longer satisfied with acrobats and acrobats in his works, turned towards classical Egyptian art.

The famous artist, who lived a life full of success, inspired and continues to inspire many artists around the world, passed away on April 8, 1973.