Pablo Picasso was a famous artist of the twentieth century. Picasso I s considered to have "single handedly create modern art."

Pablo was born on October 25, 1881 in Magla Spain. His father, an artist was Jose Ruiz and his mother was Maria Picasso. Unusually, he adopted his mother's last name, Picasso.

At the age of 14, Picasso was considered an art prodigy. On a qualifying examination to enter an art school, he finished a month long project in one day. This was one of his earlier signs of creativity.

Picasso had many artistic periods through his life. It may be said, "Picasso lived in several artistic lifetimes."

From the years of 1901 to 1904 it was known as Picasso's blue period because of the blue tone of his paintings. In 1905 and 1906 marked a major change in color for Picasso. He became intrigued with the circus and acrobats. These paintings included colors of...