Pablo Picasso "The King and the Masked Woman" Original Lithograph 1954

Paper size 26.5x35.5cm <人間喜劇 comedie humaine> verve magazine No. 29-30, production date printed

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One of the greatest, most prolific, and creative painters of the 20th century, he produced paintings, prints, ceramics, and sculptures. The Picasso Museum in Madrid, Paris, and Antibes, as well as the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, house many of Picasso's works, and many museums vied to acquire his pieces. His style evolved with the times; influenced by African sculpture, he created Cubism.

1881 Born in Malaga, Spain

Showed talent from a young age, painting in oils at age 8

1892 Enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in A Coruña

His father, an art teacher and curator, was astonished by his son Pablo Picasso's immense talent, gave him his oil painting tools, and stopped painting himself.

1895 Enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona

1897 Enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid

1900 Moved to Paris

1901 Parisian art dealer Vollard holds Picasso's first solo exhibition

1901-1904: Blue Period

1902 Created "Mother and Child by the Sea"

1904 Settled in the Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre, Paris

1904-1906: Rose Period

1905 Created "Garçon à la pipe" (Boy with a Pipe)

1906-1917: Cubist Period

1907 Created "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

1908-1925: Neoclassical Period

1925-1936: Surrealist Period

1932 Created "Le Rêve" (The Dream)

1937 Created "Guernica"

1973 Died near Nice, France