Pablo Ruiz y Picasso is considered the most famous artist of the 20th Century. Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain (Encarta). When he was young his family moved to Barcelona (World Book Encyclopedia,448).
As the son of a professor of art, Picasso's talent for drawing was recognized at an early age. An advanced student at the Barcelona Academy of Fine Arts from the age of 14, he experimented in his youth with nearly all of the "avant-garde styles" current at the turn of the century. He enjoyed painting pictures of the city life around him.
However, Paris was the Center of Art and Literature, he visited the city in 1900, where he fell under the spell of the artistic atmosphere. He returned later and settled in 1904. He was very poor, but his studio became a meeting place for many artists (Encarta). Picasso had his first exhibition at the Cafe Quatre Gats in Barcelona. He studied at the Royal Academy of San Fernado in Madrid for many years (World Book Encyclopedia, 448).
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