READING AND SPEAKING 
THE PAINTER AND THE WRITER 
*Marena Michelle Quiroz Mendoza 
*Laura Rodríguez Atuesta
Who are or were the most famous 
painters and writers in your country? 
Painters: 
*Fernando Botero, Enrique Grau, Francisco Cano, David 
Manzur. 
Writers: 
*Gabriel García Márquez, Candelario Obeso, Rafael 
Pombo, José Eustasio Rivera, Jorge Isaac.
You are going to read about the lives of Pablo Picasso and 
Ernest Hemingway. Discuss these questions. 
Why are they famous? 
*pablo Picasso: its strange and powerful paintings. 
*Ernest Hemingway: Hemingway's success in 
writing was not mirrored by similar success in his 
personal life.
What nationality were they? 
*Pablo Picasso: Español. 
*Ernest Hemingway: Estadounidense. 
Which century were they born in? 
*Pablo Picasso: century XIX 
*Ernest Hemingway: century XIX
Do you know the names of any of their works? 
*Pablo Picasso: the Guernica, one of the most outstanding 
works . 
*Ernest Hemingway: green hills of Africa 1935. 
Do you know anything about their lives? 
*Pablo Picasso: Studied at the school of fine arts of 
Barcelona. 
*Ernest Hemingway: was a volunteer in the first world 
war as an ambulance drive until he was seriously wounded.
The sentences below appear in the texts. Try to guess which 
sentences go with which man. Write P (picasso) or H 
(hemingway). 
*His first word was lápiz (spanish for pencil) and he could 
draw before he could talk. P 
*He had wanted to become a soldier, but could not 
because he had poor eyesight. H 
*his portraits of people were often made up of triangles 
and squares with their features in the wrong places. P 
*in the 1930s, he became a war correspondent in the 
spanish civil war and world war II. H 
*He was awarded the nobel prize for literature, but he was 
to ill to receive it in person. H 
*At the age of 90 he was honoured by an exhibition in the 
louvre in paris. P
Answer the questions about your person. 
1)Where and when was he born? When and how did he 
die? 
*Pablo Picasso: he was born the October 25, 1881, 
Malaga Spain. Picasso died of cardiac arrest during an 
attack of influenza in 1973 
*ERNEST HEMINGWAY: he was born on July 21, 1899, in 
Oak Park, Illinois. Sunday July 2, 1961, Hemingway 
committed suicide with a shotgun.
2)Did he have a happy family life? 
Pablo Picasso :had a happy family life because he was an 
only child and their popes had all. 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: was not happy, but his family was 
very strict and very religious. 
3)How did his parents play a part in his career? 
Pablo Picasso: thanks to his father learned to paint, his 
father got a job as an art teacher, Paul went with him to 
work and saw this painting. 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: influenced much since his family 
was very strict, and his mother was interested in teaching 
music and art.
4) What do you think were the most important events in 
his early life? 
Ernest caught his first fish at the age of three, and was 
given a shotgun by his twelfth birthday. 
5) When did he move to Paris? Who did he meet there? 
Pablo Picasso moved to Paris in 1904.conoció the 
American writer Gertrude Stein 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: After the war, he moved to Paris, 
where he was encouraged in this work by the American 
writer GertrudeStein
6) How did war play a part in his life? 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY. Many of his books were about the 
war. his most successful book, for whom the bell tolls, is the 
Spanish civil war. Another novel, A Farewell to Arms, is 
about the futility of war 
7) How many times was he married? 
Pablo Picasso: Never married 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: He has been married 4 times
8) Which of these dates relate to your person? What do 
they refer to? 
1891, 1917, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1954. 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: 
1917 Graduated 
1918 was wounded 
1927 his first wife divorced him. 
1928 his father committed suicide 
1940 he wrote his most successful book "for whom the bell 
tolls" 
1954: sobrevivio 2 plane crashes
Pablo picasso: 
1891: his father got a job as an art teacher. 
1937: painted the Guernica (below). 
1949: birth of her daughter dove.

Reading and respeaking final

  • 1.
    READING AND SPEAKING THE PAINTER AND THE WRITER *Marena Michelle Quiroz Mendoza *Laura Rodríguez Atuesta
  • 2.
    Who are orwere the most famous painters and writers in your country? Painters: *Fernando Botero, Enrique Grau, Francisco Cano, David Manzur. Writers: *Gabriel García Márquez, Candelario Obeso, Rafael Pombo, José Eustasio Rivera, Jorge Isaac.
  • 3.
    You are goingto read about the lives of Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. Discuss these questions. Why are they famous? *pablo Picasso: its strange and powerful paintings. *Ernest Hemingway: Hemingway's success in writing was not mirrored by similar success in his personal life.
  • 4.
    What nationality werethey? *Pablo Picasso: Español. *Ernest Hemingway: Estadounidense. Which century were they born in? *Pablo Picasso: century XIX *Ernest Hemingway: century XIX
  • 5.
    Do you knowthe names of any of their works? *Pablo Picasso: the Guernica, one of the most outstanding works . *Ernest Hemingway: green hills of Africa 1935. Do you know anything about their lives? *Pablo Picasso: Studied at the school of fine arts of Barcelona. *Ernest Hemingway: was a volunteer in the first world war as an ambulance drive until he was seriously wounded.
  • 6.
    The sentences belowappear in the texts. Try to guess which sentences go with which man. Write P (picasso) or H (hemingway). *His first word was lápiz (spanish for pencil) and he could draw before he could talk. P *He had wanted to become a soldier, but could not because he had poor eyesight. H *his portraits of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong places. P *in the 1930s, he became a war correspondent in the spanish civil war and world war II. H *He was awarded the nobel prize for literature, but he was to ill to receive it in person. H *At the age of 90 he was honoured by an exhibition in the louvre in paris. P
  • 7.
    Answer the questionsabout your person. 1)Where and when was he born? When and how did he die? *Pablo Picasso: he was born the October 25, 1881, Malaga Spain. Picasso died of cardiac arrest during an attack of influenza in 1973 *ERNEST HEMINGWAY: he was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. Sunday July 2, 1961, Hemingway committed suicide with a shotgun.
  • 8.
    2)Did he havea happy family life? Pablo Picasso :had a happy family life because he was an only child and their popes had all. ERNEST HEMINGWAY: was not happy, but his family was very strict and very religious. 3)How did his parents play a part in his career? Pablo Picasso: thanks to his father learned to paint, his father got a job as an art teacher, Paul went with him to work and saw this painting. ERNEST HEMINGWAY: influenced much since his family was very strict, and his mother was interested in teaching music and art.
  • 9.
    4) What doyou think were the most important events in his early life? Ernest caught his first fish at the age of three, and was given a shotgun by his twelfth birthday. 5) When did he move to Paris? Who did he meet there? Pablo Picasso moved to Paris in 1904.conoció the American writer Gertrude Stein ERNEST HEMINGWAY: After the war, he moved to Paris, where he was encouraged in this work by the American writer GertrudeStein
  • 10.
    6) How didwar play a part in his life? ERNEST HEMINGWAY. Many of his books were about the war. his most successful book, for whom the bell tolls, is the Spanish civil war. Another novel, A Farewell to Arms, is about the futility of war 7) How many times was he married? Pablo Picasso: Never married ERNEST HEMINGWAY: He has been married 4 times
  • 11.
    8) Which ofthese dates relate to your person? What do they refer to? 1891, 1917, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1954. ERNEST HEMINGWAY: 1917 Graduated 1918 was wounded 1927 his first wife divorced him. 1928 his father committed suicide 1940 he wrote his most successful book "for whom the bell tolls" 1954: sobrevivio 2 plane crashes
  • 12.
    Pablo picasso: 1891:his father got a job as an art teacher. 1937: painted the Guernica (below). 1949: birth of her daughter dove.