Pablo Picasso: The Most Contornt Artist Of The 20th Century

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Pablo Picasso was fostered for creation, his love for the work he did and for the people he shared it with led him to be the most dominant artist of the 20th century. The foundation for Picasso’s successful life was set early on. He was brought into this world by mother, Maria Picasso Lopez (Bernadac and Bouchet 18), and father, Don Jose Ruiz Blasco (Cabanne 1), on October 25th in 1881, at 11:15 p.m. (Bernadac and Bouchet 17). It was a difficult birth and Pablo was a weak baby, so weak the midwife believed he was a stillborn (Pablo Picasso Biography 8). It was his uncle who realized he was alive, he blew cigar smoke in Pablo’s face to see if the baby would react; when he scowled they all knew Pablo was alive (Pablo Picasso Biography 8). Pablo …show more content…

During the last years of his life Picasso used pinks, light blues, and pure colors straight from the bucket, and began painting more contorted figures (Pablo Picasso Biography 30). During this time he created more than any other comparable period in his life (Pablo Picasso Biography 30). Picasso believed work would keep him subsisting, he continued working for 80 of his 91 years (Biography.com Editors 1). Picasso was the most influential artist of the 20th century (Muhlberger 7). During his 78 year career, he created thirteen thousand five hundred paintings, thirty-four thousand illustrations for books, one hundred thousand prints and engravings, and three hundred sculptures (Pablo Picasso Biography 4). It has been said that over three hundred and fifty creations of Picasso’s have been stolen, that is more than any other artist in history (Pablo Picasso Biography 4). Another way this man has made history is painting some of the most expensive paintings in existence, in 2004 his Garson a la Pipe was sold for one hundred and four million dollars (Pablo Picasso Biography 4). Picasso passed away in Mougins, France on April 8th in 1973 (Biography.com Editors 1). In his natural finesse, Picasso died while hosting a dinner party (Pablo Picasso Biography 4). He was buried in the south of France, on a chateau he bought in 1958 in the Village of Vauvenargues (Pablo Picasso Biography

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