Facts about Pablo Picasso
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Co-founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1908, Cubism became one of the most influential avant-garde art movements of the twentieth century.
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Picasso's 1932 sculpture Woman in the Garden, standing 2.1 meters tall, marked his pioneering use of welded iron and metal construction, fundamentally expanding the possibilities of modern sculpture.
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Picasso's mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter bore him a daughter named Maya in 1935, whom he depicted in numerous paintings throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
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At age 91, Picasso created his final painting, Striped Pitcher with Flowers, just weeks before his death on April 8, 1973, in Mougins, France.
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Picasso's Blue Period lasted from 1901 to 1904, characterized by melancholic paintings predominantly using shades of blue and blue-green, reflecting his emotional distress following a friend's suicide.
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In 1901, the 19-year-old Picasso held his first solo exhibition in Paris at the Vollard Gallery, launching his professional career in the French capital.
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Over 50,000 artworks were produced by Picasso throughout his 92-year lifespan, making him one of the most prolific artists in history.
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Picasso's 1945 painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, measuring 244 by 234 centimeters, revolutionized modern art by fragmenting the female form into geometric planes that anticipated Cubism.
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During 1937, Picasso painted Guernica, a 3.49 by 2.76 meter mural depicting the bombing of the Basque town by German and Italian warplanes during the Spanish Civil War.