A piece of Picasso.

Name:Pablo Ruiz Picasso (full name Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso).

Birthdate: October 25th 1881.

Birthplace: Malaga,Spain.

Picasso was the first born son of Jose Ruiz y Blasco and Maria Picasso y lopez. Jose Ruiz was an artist him self and was also a professor of fine arts. Which is where Picasso learned and probobly inherited his love for art. Picasso and his family moved alot due to his father's obsesion to Picasso's talent. Picasso went to prestigious art schools all around Spain but his journey truely began when he first visited Paris, France in 1900. Picasso fell in love with the city and decided to move to paris indefinetly. He moved in with a friend. that friend just happened to be Max Jacobs; Journalist and poet. Things didnt always go so well for picasso and due to lack of funds, Picasso burned many of his own paintings to keep warm at nights. During that time Picasso started a magazine called "Arte Joven" *Young art* and at that same time started signing his paintings "Picasso".He started gaining international recognition. Like many of his paintings Picasso's life was very contraversial. Picasso was a true celebrety and often enjoyed to make a show to keep his fans entertained.He had alot more the fifteen minutes of fame that's for sure. His life was Long, scandalous ,happy and certaintly succesful.Pablo Picasso died on the April 8th 1973 while he and his wife Jacqueline were entertaining friends for dinner. His last words were: ‘Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink anymore". 

    Written By:   Karina M. Jacoby