Pablo Picasso [Sitting on a Chair] Image size 76x54cm Lithograph poster by Studio Mourlot

He was one of the greatest and most prolific painters of the 20th century, producing paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, etc. There are Picasso museums in Madrid, Paris, and Antibes, and the Ludwig Museum in Cologne also has many Picasso works in its collection. His style changed over the years as museums around the world competed to acquire his works, and he was influenced by African sculptures, which led to the development of Cubism.

Born in Malaga, Spain in 1881

He showed talent from an early age and began painting oil paintings at the age of eight.

1892 : Entered the La Coruna School of Fine Arts

His father, an art teacher and curator, was amazed at his son Pablo Picasso's incredible talent, so he gave him his own oil painting tools and stopped painting himself.

1895 Entered the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona

1897 Entered the Royal School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid

1900 : Moved to Paris

1901 : Paris art dealer Vollard holds Picasso's first solo exhibition

1901-1904 : The Blue Period

1902 Parent and Child at the Seaside

1904 : Settled in a laundry house in Montmartre, Paris

1904-1906 : The rosy era

1905 Boy with a Pipe

1906-1917 : The Cubist Era

1907 : Woman of Avignon

1908 – 1925 : The neoclassical period

1925-1936 : The Surrealist Era

1932 Dream Production

1937 : Creation of Guernica

 He passed away near Nice, France in 1973.