Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO

ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

ART 101

The Art of the early 20th century was reshaped by Pablo Picasso, because the 20th century was years of rich artistic exploration and great productivity.

Picasso was born October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain son to professor of drawing Jos Ruiz Blasco and Maria Picasso Lopez. Instead of taking his father's name he took his mothers, he became one of the greatest and most influential artist of the 20th century and creator (with George Braque) of Cubism.

Picasso fell ill in the spring of 1898 and spent most of the remaining year convalescing in the Catalan village of Horta de Ebro in the company of his Barcelona friend Manuel Pallars. When Picasso returned to Barcelona in early 1899, he was a changed man; he had put on weight, he had...