What Are Some Interesting Facts About Pablo Picasso?

Most of us know that Pablo Picasso achieved great prestige, fame, and honor through his art works, but aside from that, what do we know about Pablo Picasso?

• Picasso's full name has 23 words. His real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso.
• He received this name when he was baptized.
• His mother's name was Maria Picasso y Lopez.
• His father's name was Jose Ruiz Blasco.
• He received his last name from his mother.
• His long name comes from a list of saints and relatives.
• Picasso was born extremely small. In fact, he was so tiny that the nurse thought that he was stillborn. Therefore, she left him sitting on a table while she went to take care of his mother. His Uncle wound up saving him from death.
• His Uncle's name was Don Salvador.
• His first word was pencil, in Spanish of course.
• The Spanish word for pencil is "lapiz."
• His father was both an artist and an art professor.
• His father started teaching art to him when he was seven years old.
• His father decided that he would give up painting when he was 13 years old. The reason for this was because he felt his son was already a better painter than him.
• Pablo completed his first painting when he was nine years old.
• The title of his first painting was Le Picador. The picture is of a man riding a horse in a bullfight.
• He was 15 when he finished First Communion, which was an extremely well known portrait depicting his father, mother, and sister.
• Picasso was not a good student at all. He was frequently given detention.
• Picasso's first job was with an art dealer named Pere Menach.
• There have been rumors that Picasso stole the Mona Lisa. These rumors are just that: rumors. They are not true.
• Picasso was a co-founder in the movement known as Cubism.
• Picasso had many lovers throughout his life.
• People throughout all of the world love Pablo Picasso's art.
• He was born on October 25, 1881.
• He was born in the city of Malaga in Spain.
• He was born into a middle class family.
• His father was also a museum curator.
• Picasso passed away on April 8, 1973.
• The place of his death was Mougins, France.
• Picasso was extremely fond of the works of El Greco.
• When he was a teenager, his seven year old sister passed away from diphtheria.
• After his sister died, the family moved away to Barcelona.
• He studied at the Royal Academy of San Fernando.
• He also went through a Rose Period.
• In between his Blue and Rose Periods, Pablo Picasso moved to France.
• Picasso often painted pictures of one his many lovers, named Dora Maar.
• The Nazis would not let Picasso display his paintings in Germany.
• Picasso had four different children by three different women.
• He was married twice.
• Picasso's art work can be found in art museums throughout the world.

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