3. The Most Famous Artist of the 20th Century Full Name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso Born October 25, 1881 – Died April 8, 1973.
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7. A description of his work Picasso explored many styles throughout his painting career. He painted more realistically during his Blue and Rose periods- each of which was characterized by paintings with blue and rose-colored hues. Later, Picasso experimented with both analytical and synthetic cubism. In his cubist paintings he painted people and things as abstracted shapes-- circles, squares, and triangles. In addition to painting, Picasso experimented with other art forms like sculpture.
8. Pablo Picasso Says... "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
11. Picasso's First Word: Pencil It's like Picasso was born an artist: his first word was "piz," short of lápiz the Spanish word for 'pencil.'
12. Picasso's First Job Picasso signed his first contract in Paris with art dealer Pere Menach, who agreed to pay him 150 francs per month (about US$750 today).
13. Picasso was a Playboy Being a famous artist certainly helped Picasso get the girl. - Fernande Olivier (Picasso's first love, she was 18?; he was 23) - Marcelle Humbert AKA Eva Gouel (she was 27, Picasso was 31) - Gaby Lespinasse (he was 34, I don't know how old Gaby was, but she was young, that's for sure!) - Olga Khokhlova (Picasso's first wife; she was 26 and he was 36 when they met) - Marie-Thérèse Walter (she was 17, he was 46) - Dora Maar (she was 29, Picasso was 55) - Françoise Gilot (she was 21 when she met Picasso, who was 61) - Geneviève Laporte (one of Picasso's last lovers. She was in her mid-twenties and a French model of Picasso, who was in his seventies when the affair started) - Jacqueline Roque (who became Picasso's second wife. She was 27 and he was 79)
15. Picasso's main style was called cubism. He invented this style himself later in his life during the year 1907. Cubism was an early 20th-century art style dealing with the painting and sculpting of objects represented by geometric forms. This style didn't use realistic details, however focused on abstract details using large, intersecting, transparent cubes and cones often in the painting