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- Reminder: Olivier Widmaier-Picasso is the author of the biography “Picasso, portrait intime" (Picasso, an Intimate Portrait) published by Albin Michel.Pablo Picasso Biography
As a significant influence on 20th-century art, Pablo Picasso was an innovative artist who experimented and innovated during his 92-plus years on earth. He was not only a master painter but also a sculptor, printmaker, ceramics artist, etching artist and writer.
His work matured from the naturalism of his childhood through Cubism, Surrealism and beyond, shaping the direction of modern and contemporary art through the decades. Picasso lived through two World Wars, sired four children, appeared in films and wrote poetry.
He died in 1973.
Olivier Widmaier Picasso set out on a journey to rediscover the famous grandfather whose works decorated the walls of his parents' home in Marseille.
Early Years: 1881-1900
Although he lived the majority of his adult years in France, Picasso was a Spaniard by birth. Hailing from the town of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain, he was the first-born of Don José Ruiz y Blasco and María Picasso y López.
He was raised as a Catholic, but in his later life would declare himself an atheist.
Pablo Picasso's father was an artist in his own right, earning a living p