Pablo, Picasso (a Spanish painter) who is widely acknowledged to be the most important artist of the 20th century was born Pablo Ruiz in Malaga, Spain and later adopted his mother's unique name
Picasso. Though Picasso was born in Spain he spent most of his life in France. As a child Pablo was a prodigy. He studied art first privately with his father and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in La Coruna, Spain, where his father taught. Picasso's early drawings, such as Study of a Torso, After a Plaster Cast (1894-1895), and Musee demonstrate the high level of technical talent he had achieved by the age of 14.Picasso was admitted to advanced classes at the academy after he completed in a single day the entrance examination that applicants traditionally were given a month to finish. In 1897 Picasso left Barcelona to study at the Madrid Academy in the Spanish capital. Dissatisfied with the training, he quit and returned to Barcelona.
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