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Pablo Picasso

• Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973• Pablo Picasso was born more than 120 years ago in

Malaga, Spain.• He is famous for being the co-founder of Cubism which is a

style of painting where objects of the painting subject are broken up and re-painted in an abstract form.

• When Pablo was age 7 his father (who was also a painter) gave him artistic training in figure drawing and oil painting.

• Later on Pablo studied art in Madrid and then went to Paris when he was about 19.

• Picasso's work is divided into periods –

• The Blue Period (1901-1904), which were sad looking paintings using blue and blue-green colours.

•The Rose Period (1905-1907), which was a more happy style with orange and pink colours.

• The African-influenced Period (1908-1909) and The Cubism Period (1909- 1919)

• Pablo's real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz Picasso. A lot of the names are of saints and relatives.

• According to his mother, Pablo's first words were "piz, piz", which is short for lapiz - Spanish for 'pencil'

• Some of his paintings are amongst the most expensive in the world.

What you will be doing today...

• WALT: add various shapes to a picture of a face we have drawn like Picasso’s paintings.

• WILF: Have you used a variety of shapes in your

picture?