Life story
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on 25 October 1881 in Spain. Though he was Spanish by birth, he would spend most of his adult life in France, and across the decades he became one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
He was a painter and sculptor of extraordinary range. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, for the invention of constructed sculpture, and for the co-invention of collage. Restless and inventive, he helped develop and explore a wide variety of styles throughout his life.
Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon of 1907 and the anti-war painting Guernica of 1937, a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. His career spanned more than seventy-six years, from his late teens to his death.
Pablo Picasso died on 8 April 1973 at Mougins, in the south of France, and was laid to rest at the Château of Vauvenargues. His vast body of work continues to shape modern art, and his name remains synonymous with creative reinvention.
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Constellation of Life
Important milestones that shaped their journey.