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Picasso is one of the most famous artists in the world.
His unique style of painting
made him very famous. He is considered to be the most important artist
of the 20th Century. He experimented with a wide
range of styles and themes throughout his career. This week, let's
meet the great artist Pablo Picasso!
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Spain. His father was
an art teacher. Picasso began to draw at an early age. Picasso
studied art with his father. His father quickly recognized that his child
was good at painting. Later, Picasso studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in La Coruna, where
his father taught. In 1895, his family moved to Barcelona. Picasso
studied in Barcelona at La Lonja, the academy of fine arts. Picasso's
first exhibition took place in
Barcelona in 1900.
In fall of 1900, Picasso went to Paris. After he visited there, he
moved back and forth between France and Spain until 1904. He settled in Paris in April,
1904. He lived most of his life in France. In Paris, he experimented
with a number of modern artistic styles.
Picasso worked as an artist for about 70 years. His painting called
Guernica (1937) is thought to be one of Picasso's greatest works.
In the painting, he captured the horror of the bombing of the Basque town
of Guernica, which killed many innocent people during the
Spanish Civil War½ºÆäÀÎ ³»¶õ.
By
the end of World War II, Picasso had
become a world-famous artist. As a
highly productive artist, he created
a large number of works during his lifetime. Besides painting, he made
sculptures, etchings, and many different
types of prints.
From the late 1940s, he lived in the south of France. In 1961, the
artist married Jacqueline Roque, and they moved to Mougins. There,
Picasso continued his work in painting, drawing, prints, ceramics, and sculpture until
his death on April 8, 1973. Many people still remember him. And Picasso's
work is in many major museums around the
world including the Louvre in Paris. |
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