Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 21st century. He was born in Plaza de la Merced, Malaga, Spain on the 25th of October 1881. Picasso had no brothers and used to refuse to go to school unless he had one of his father's pigeons and his paints. His parents noticed from an early age his talent and passion for art and by the age of 15 Picasso was able to draw almost photographically. …showed first 75 words of 349 total…

…showed last 75 words of 349 total…oranges and greens, and started to look at the texture of his work as well as the colours and shapes, he added sand to his paints to make them thicker and give them a rough texture. The second stage (synthetic) was much more decorative and colour played a major role in these painting although the shapes he used were still disjointed and flat. Sadly, Picasso died in his villa Notre-dam-De-Vie on the 8th of April 1973.