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Picasso's incessant creativity characterized him, making him one of the great geniuses of our time. The enormous body of Picasso's work, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, ceramics, and poetry, remains; and the legend lives on--a tribute to the vitality of the "disquieting" Spaniard with the "sombre . . . piercing" eyes who superstitiously believed that work would keep him alive. For nearly 80 of his 91 years Picasso devoted himself to an artistic production that contributed significantly to and paralleled the whole development of modern art in the 20th century. Son of a drawing instructor, Picasso learned the secrets of this technique early on and, before long, had mastered it perfectly. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to La Coruņa, where Picasso studies brilliantly at the Fine Arts School. By the time he arrived in Barcelona (1895), Picasso already drew exceptionally well and was a good painter. | 
MALAGA, 1881 - MOUGINS, 1973 |
| When Picasso was 3 years old, he was frightened by an earthquake in his home-town of Malaga, an earthquake that would give him nightmares for much of his life. His father wrapped him in a shawl and held him tight. But his father soon gave Picasso something even more comforting than that shawl to protect him from his fears. A painter himself, Don Jose gave his son pencils to draw with, then brushes, then training. | 
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Woman Seated in an Armchair |
Night Fishing at Antibes | |||
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Still Life With Skull, Leeks, and Pitcher |
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