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Pablo Diego José Francisco e Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. As one of the most recognized figures in twentieth-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, Guernica (1937).

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  • Looking at kids' art, he said at "Their age I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them"
  • This Spanish cubist said, "I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time"
  • Utrillo's "White Period" lasted circa 1908-1914, longer than this artist's "Rose Period" from 1904-1906
  • In 1928 this Spanish cubist artist pioneered welded sculptures with Julio Gonzalez
  • His arrival in Paris in 1900 was soon followed by the start of his blue period
  • It's been estimated that this Cubist created more than 100,000 works during his 91 years
  • In 1928 this cubist & Julio Gonzalez pioneered in welded sculpture: 1950's "She-Goat" is a famous example
  • In 1961, at age 79, he married 33-year-old Jacqueline Roque, the model in several of his paintings
  • "Drink To Me" charged this Spanish artist when he died in 1973
  • 2 old palaces in Barcelona house a museum of this cubist's works
  • This cubist's "Bull's Head" sculpture was made from a bicycle seat & handlebars
  • This Cubist did set designs for 1917's "Parade" & had designs on its ballerina Olga Khoklova, later his wife
  • It was recently revealed that "Tragedy" from his Blue Period was painted over 2 earlier works of a bullfight
  • A collection of the art of this 20th century Spanish painter is housed at the Hotel Sale in Paris
  • Dr. Jonas Salk's wife, Francoise Gilot, was once the companion of this late, great modern artist
  • He donated some 800 of his works to a Barcelona museum
  • The women of Barcelona's Carrer Avinyo inspired this cubist's "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon"
  • On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica"
  • In 1928 this cubist & Julio Gonzalez pioneered the welded sculpture
  • Spanish superstar surprises some; sample sculpture
  • His painting "Weeping Woman", seen here, is assumed modeled after his mistress, Dora Mar
  • Ballerina Olga Koklova,& then Jacquiline Roque,but not Francoise Gilot, Paloma's mother
  • "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"(1907)
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Paris) This great Spanish artist was one of the most famous regulars at Les Deux Magots; some say he created Cubism here
  • This cubist used ordinary objects in his sculpture, such as a bicycle seat & handlebars to make a bull's head
  • The seated nude in his "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" shows the beginnings of his Cubism
  • In 1999 an escaped mental patient in Amsterdam slashed this Spaniard's "Nude Woman in Front of the Garden"
  • In 1881 this Cubist painter & sculptor was born in Malaga, Spain, the son of a professor of art
  • This Spanish "Still Life with Chair Caning" artist said, "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"
  • The Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume exhibited erotic works this artist did between ages 13 & 92
  • Jacqueline Roque said of him, "If my husband ever met a woman...who looked like one of his paintings, he would faint"
  • On May 9, 1989 a self-portrait by this artist went for a whopping $47.85 million
  • His masterpiece was painted as a protest against the bombing of the Spanish town "Guernica"
  • "Guernica"
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):The painting seen here by 11-year-old Alexandra Nechita is in the style of this Spanish painter:
  • This Spaniard's mom said if he were a monk, he'd wind up pope; he said, "Instead, I became a painter & wound up as (me)"
  • In a 1996 film, Natascha McElhone's Francoise Gilot tries to survive Anthony Hopkins as this artist
  • Unveiled in 1967, his sculpture seen here was a gift to the people of Chicago
  • The Paris museum devoted to this cubist has 200 of his paintings & many pieces from his personal art collection
  • This Spanish cubist painter designed the scenery & costumes for the 1920 ballet "Pulcinella"
  • Jewelry designer Paloma
  • This Spaniard painted some dreary-looking clowns during his Blue & Rose Periods in the early 1900s
  • He once said, "When I was young I could draw like Raphael, but it has taken me my whole life to learn to draw like a child"
  • As a child prodigy, this Cubist painter skipped school & went to Madrid's museums instead
  • Of this painter: Paulo, Maya, Claude & Paloma
  • This influential artist said of some Aboriginal art in Sydney's museum, "This is what I have been trying to achieve"
  • You'll find some funny-looking heads on the Rue de Thorigny in the musee named for him
  • This great 20th century Spanish artist painted "The Blue Room" during his Blue Period

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