Pablo Picasso's Major Accomplishments

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a famous artist known for numerous achievements. He was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25th, 1881. Pablo’s parents were Jose Ruiz y Blanco and Maria Picasso y Lopez. They had a middle class family. Pablo’s father, Jose, was a painter. Jose mostly painted items of nature. Pablo’s passion for art started at the age of seven. He eventually got accepted into the School of Fine & Applied Arts. Throughout his life he transferred or got accepted into many schools, even though he wasn’t the best student. His bad attitude was a result from all of the loss he had in his life. When Pablo was around thirteen years old, his sister, Conchita, at the age of seven, died of diptheria. Diptheria is a bacterial disease that causes inflammation
What he was really known for was cubism. He was the co-founder of cubism and expressed this technique in many of his creations. He was a huge part of the Cubism Movement. The two types of cubism that he helped create were analytic cubism and synthetic cubism. Most geometric, modern day artwork is inspired by Picasso’s work. Although, cubism was just one of his many talents, he also specialized in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, stage design, and writing. At just nine years old, Picasso finished his first drawing. His drawing was given the title “Le Picador.” This drawing showed a man riding a horse in a bullfight. Whether this painting meant something to him emotionally or not, it was still a huge thing for a boy that was nine years old. A lot of people think of Picasso as a very depressed and sad man. Even though people did not know him that well, you can infer that by looking at his artwork. Most people drink tea or relax as a stress reliever, well Pablo used art as his stress reliever. Pablo expressed his emotion through his artwork to work the problems out or to make himself feel better. A lesson that this world could learn from him would be to always work through things and to never give