Common questions about Pablo Picasso

Short answers, pulled from the story.

When and where was Pablo Picasso born?

Pablo Picasso was born at 23:15 on the 25th of October 1881, in the city of Málaga, Andalusia, in southern Spain. His father, José Ruiz y Blasco, was a painter who specialized in naturalistic depictions of birds and other game, and served as a professor of art at the School of Crafts.

What are the main periods of Pablo Picasso's artistic career?

Pablo Picasso's Blue Period spanned from 1901 to 1904 and was characterized by sombre paintings rendered in shades of blue and blue-green. The Rose Period followed from 1904 to 1906, featuring a lighter tone and style utilizing orange and pink colours and featuring many circus people, acrobats and harlequins known in France as saltimbanques.

Who were the key figures in Pablo Picasso's personal life and family?

Pablo Picasso was married twice, first to ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova in 1918 and later to Jacqueline Roque in 1961. He had four children with three women, including Paulo Picasso, Maya, Claude Picasso, and Paloma Picasso, and his grandson Pablito died by suicide in 1973.

What is the significance of the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso?

Pablo Picasso's Guernica is his most famous work and depicts the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The painting was exhibited in July 1937 at the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris International Exposition and remained in the United States until 1981, as it was Picasso's expressed desire that the painting should not be delivered to Spain until liberty and democracy had been established in the country.

How did Pablo Picasso die and where was he interred?

Pablo Picasso died on the 8th of April 1973 in Mougins, France, from a heart attack brought on by pulmonary edema. He was interred at the Château of Vauvenargues near Aix-en-Provence, a property he had acquired in 1958 and occupied with Jacqueline between 1959 and 1961.

What are the most expensive paintings sold by Pablo Picasso?

Pablo Picasso's painting Women of Algiers set the record for the highest price ever paid for a painting when it sold for US$179.3 million at Christie's in New York on the 11th of May 2015. Other notable sales include Garçon à la pipe which sold for US$104 million at Sotheby's on the 4th of May 2004, and Nude, Green Leaves and Bust which sold for US$106.5 million at Christie's on the 4th of May 2010.