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Pablo Picasso: A Life of Ruptures and Reinvention

Follow the journey of Pablo Picasso, from his Andalusian roots and the melancholy of the Blue Period to co-inventing Cubism at the Bateau-Lavoir, immortalizing tragedy in Guernica, and late-career mastery on the French Riviera, this interactive biography maps the studios, muses, and geopolitical shifts that forged Pablo Picasso's transformative legacy.

Birth of Pablo Picasso in MálagaOctober 1881

25 Oct 1881

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Birth of Pablo Picasso in Málaga

Plaza de la Merced, Málaga, Spain

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was born into a middle-class Andalusian family. His father, José Ruiz y Blasco, a painter and drawing teacher, detected his exceptional talent very early on and initiated him into academic techniques from childhood.

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