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| Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 ¨C April 8, 1973) was a Spanish
painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. As one of the most recognized figures in
twentieth-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement
and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most
famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and his
depiction of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War,
Guernica (1937). Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego Jos¨¦ Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Mar ¨ªa de los Remedios Cipriano de la Sant¨ªsima Trinidad Clito, a series of names honouring various saints and relatives. Added to these were Ruiz and Picasso, for his father and mother, respectively, as per Spanish custom. Born in the city of M¨¢laga in the Andalusian region of Spain, he was the first child of Don Jos¨¦ Ruiz y Blasco (1838¨C1913) and Mar¨ªa Picasso y L¨®pez. Picasso¡¯s family was middle-class; his father was a painter whose specialized in naturalistic depictions of birds and other game. For most of his life Ruiz was a professor of art at the School of Crafts and a curator of a local museum. Ruiz¡¯s ancestors were minor aristocrats. The young Picasso showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age; according to his mother, his first words were ¡°piz, piz¡±, a shortening of l¨¢piz, the Spanish word for ¡®pencil. From the age of seven, Picasso received formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting. Ruiz was a traditional, academic artist and instructor who believed that proper training required disciplined copying of the masters, and drawing the human body from plaster casts and live models. His son became preoccupied with art to the detriment of his classwork. The family moved to La Coruna in 1891 so his father could become a professor at the School of Fine Arts. They stayed almost four years. On one occasion the father found his son painting over his unfinished sketch of a pigeon. Observing the precision of his son¡¯s technique, Ruiz felt that the thirteen-year-old Picasso had surpassed him, and vowed to give up painting. In 1895, Picasso's seven-year old sister, Conchita, died of diptheria - a traumatic event in his life.After her death, the family moved to Barcelona, with Ruiz transferring to its School of Fine Arts. Picasso thrived in the city, regarding it in times of sadness or nostalgia as his true home. Ruiz persuaded the officials at the academy to allow his son to take an entrance exam for the advanced class. This process often took students a month, but Picasso completed it in a week, and the impressed jury admitted Picasso, who was still 13. The student lacked discipline but made friendships that would affect him in later life. His father rented him a small room close to home so Picasso could work alone, yet Ruiz checked up on him numerous times a day, judging his son's drawings. The two argued frequently. Picasso's father and uncle decided to send the young artist to Madrid's Royal Academy of San Fernando, the foremost art school in the country. In 1897, Picasso, age 16, set off for the first time on his own. Yet his difficulties accepting formal instruction led him to stop attending class soon after enrollment. Madrid, however, held many other attractions: the Prado housed paintings by the venerable Diego Vel¨¢zquez, Francisco Goya, and Francisco Zurbar¨¢n. Picasso especially admired the works of El Greco; their elements, like elongated limbs, arresting colors, and mystical visages, are echoed in Picasso¡¯s ceuvre. |
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