1881-1973
Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga in 1881 but soon moved with his family first to La Coruña and then to Barcelona. He is famous for his paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and engravings. He is remembered as a genius of modern art and enjoyed an amazing career.
It was in Barcelona where he first began to study art in an academic setting, but soon he changed his form of expression and began to show his personal style. The first series he produced were his famous “Blue Stage” and “Pink Stage” after which came cubism, collage, classicism and finally a combination of these many styles and the total freedom with which he chose to express himself.
Without a doubt, Guernica is not only his best known masterpiece, but also one of his most famous examples of contemporary art. In this piece we see how the Spanish Civil war – and especially the bombings of Vizcaya - affected the artist.
Many of Picasso’s Works of art can be viewed at the Picasso Museum in Málaga city. This provincial capital also opens the Fundación Picasso (Picasso Foundation) to visitors from around the world.
In spite of the fact that Picasso spent very little time in Málaga after his birth, locals cherish his memory and make much of the possible effects that the little time he spent in Málaga could have had on his life work.
With many projects still on his mental horizons, Pablo Picasso passed away at the age of 92 years old in 1973.
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