Pablo PICASSO was born in Mála­ga, Spain in 1881. In 1896 he attend­ed the art school in Barcelona and from 1897 stud­ied at the Acad­e­mia San Fer­nan­do in Madrid. The years 1901–1904 are known as Picas­so’s “blue peri­od”. In 1904, he moved to Paris and this was fol­lowed by the “pink peri­od” in 1905–1907. Togeth­er with Georges Braque, Picas­so became the founder of Cubism. In 1948, he received the “Médaille de Recon­nais­sance Française”. The painter, graph­ic artist and sculp­tor already had muse­ums ded­i­cat­ed to his work dur­ing his life­time. The Museo Picas­so in Barcelona was opened in 1963 and the Musée Picas­so in Antibes in 1966. His work is char­ac­ter­ized by a wide vari­ety of artis­tic forms of expres­sion. His most famous works include the paint­ings “Les Demoi­selles d’Av­i­gnon” and “Guer­ni­ca”. The Musée Picas­so in Paris was inau­gu­rat­ed in 1985. Picas­so died in 1973 in Mou­g­ins, France. 1960 — first exhi­bi­tion par­tic­i­pa­tion, 1979 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.

Pablo PICASSO was born in Mála­ga, Spain in 1881. In 1896 he attend­ed the art school in Barcelona and from 1897 stud­ied at the Acad­e­mia San Fer­nan­do in Madrid. The years 1901–1904 are known as Picas­so’s “blue peri­od”. In 1904, he moved to Paris and this was fol­lowed by the “pink peri­od” in 1905–1907. Togeth­er with Georges Braque, Picas­so became the founder of Cubism. In 1948, he received the “Médaille de Recon­nais­sance Française”. The painter, graph­ic artist and sculp­tor already had muse­ums ded­i­cat­ed to his work dur­ing his life­time. The Museo Picas­so in Barcelona was opened in 1963 and the Musée Picas­so in Antibes in 1966. His work is char­ac­ter­ized by a wide vari­ety of artis­tic forms of expres­sion. His most famous works include the paint­ings “Les Demoi­selles d’Av­i­gnon” and “Guer­ni­ca”. The Musée Picas­so in Paris was inau­gu­rat­ed in 1985. Picas­so died in 1973 in Mou­g­ins, France. 1960 — first exhi­bi­tion par­tic­i­pa­tion, 1979 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.


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