Explore the life of a genius who transformed modern art. Picasso was more than just a painter—he was a rule-breaker, a provocateur, and a man whose life was as bold as his canvases.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso could draw before he could talk, and his first word was “pencil.”
At just 14, he completed an entrance exam for Barcelona’s art school in one day—it usually took a week.
He co-founded Cubism, a movement that broke all the rules of perspective and changed art forever.
Picasso created over 20,000 artworks in his lifetime—more than any other major artist in history.
He once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
He kept a revolver loaded with blanks and would fire it at people who asked him what his paintings meant.
Guernica, one of his most famous works, was a political protest against the bombing of a Spanish town during the civil war.
Pablo Picasso loved animals and had a goat, monkeys, and several dogs throughout his life.
He had four children with three different women but never legally married any of them.
He lived through both World Wars and refused to leave Nazi-occupied Paris during WWII.
Pablo Picasso signed some of his early works with his mother’s surname—Ruiz—before choosing to go by “Picasso.”
He often painted over his earlier works, hiding entire pieces under famous paintings.
Picasso mastered classical techniques as a teenager but spent most of his life breaking artistic conventions.
He designed theater sets and costumes for ballet productions, including collaborations with the Ballets Russes.
Picasso died in 1973 at the age of 91, still creating art until his final days.
