Pablo Picasso <Sculptor Creating a Female Bust> Etching and aquatint 1965

Image size: 38x27cm, Limited edition of 50

One of the 20th century's greatest, most prolific, and creative painters, who produced paintings, prints, ceramics, and sculptures. The Picasso Museums in Madrid, Paris, and Antibes, as well as the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, house many of his works, and many other museums competed to acquire them. His style changed over time, and influenced by African sculpture, he created Cubism.

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1881 Born in Malaga, Spain

Showed talent from an early age, painting in oils at eight years old

1892 Enters the School of Fine Arts in La Coruña

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

1895 Enters the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona

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

1900 Moves to Paris

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

1901-1904: Blue Period

1902 Creates "Mother and Child by the Sea"

1904 Moves into the Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre, Paris

1904-1906: Rose Period

1905 Creates "Boy with a Pipe"

1906-1917: Cubist Period

1907 Creates "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

1908-1925: Neoclassical Period

1925-1936: Surrealist Period

1932 Creates "The Dream"

1937 Creates "Guernica"

1973 Dies near Nice, France