Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish painter born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He showed an early passion and skill for art. Picasso went to Paris in 1900, which was then the art capital of Europe. There, he met other famous artists and helped develop Cubism with Georges Braque. Throughout his life, Picasso produced over 13,500 paintings as well as thousands of prints, ceramics, and sculptures in different artistic periods and styles. He died in 1973 in France at the age of 91, leaving behind an immense body of work that made him one of the most influential artists of all time.