The Life & Art of Pablo Picasso

Date of Birth

Oct 25, 1881

Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain

Life & Art of Pablo Picasso

Period: Oct 25, 1881 to Apr 8, 1973

Pablo Picasso during childhood

Jan 1, 1890

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 lápiz, the Spanish word for "pencil".

Beginning of His Art Career

Jan 1, 1901

Pablo Picasso's first series of paintings were based from the influences of his exposure to the work of Rossetti, Steinlen, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Edvard Munch.

Picasso's Blue Period Paintings

Jan 1, 1901

Picasso's Blue Period (1901–1904), characterized by somber paintings rendered in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colours.

Picasso's Rose Period Paintings

Jan 1, 1904

The Rose Period (1904–1906) is characterised by a more cheery style with orange and pink colours, and featuring many circus people, acrobats, and harlequins.

Pablo PIcasso and the creation of Cubism

Jan 1, 1909

Cubism (1909–1912) is a style of painting Picasso developed with Georges Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colours. Both artists took apart objects and "analyzed" them in terms of their shapes. Picasso and Braque's paintings at this time share many similarities.

Date of Death

Apr 8, 1973

Pablo Picasso passed away at the age of 91 in Mougins, France