Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, in 1881 and died in France in 1973. Picasso's father was an art teacher at the local school. He wanted Picasso to become a great artist some day. Picasso's painting style changed more over the period of his life than any other great artist. He was always trying new and different things. When his best friend died, Picasso felt alone and sad and all his paintings during this time contained lots of blue. This was called his Blue Period. Picasso's Blue Period ended when he fell in love with a girl named Fernande. This was the beginning of the Rose Period. Picasso then developed the cubism style of painting. This means that Picasso painted people and things very differently than how they really looked. He painted people who had eyes and noses in the wrong places. Picasso's father even thought that his paintings were too strange. He was a great painter, but he was great at other things too. He made sculptures, prints, drawings, dishes and bowls, and even costumes and scenery for plays. Picasso lived to be 92 years old. ... by Ms. Peto (taken from Picasso, by Mike Venezia).
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