Pablo Picasso was born October 25, 1881 in Malaga. The first lessons of painting was originally his father, H.Ruisa, then continued his studies at various schools of Fine Arts, from 1894 to 1895 in La Coruna in 1895 in Barcelona, from 1897 to 1898 years in Madrid.
Beginning in 1904, Pablo Picasso almost always lived in Paris.
In 1901 - 1904 years Picasso painting creates so-called "blue period" are written in a choice of blue, blue and green tones; in 1905 - 1906 years there working with a predominance of golden-pink and pink-gray shades ( "pink period").
Both of these series of paintings devoted to the theme of tragic loneliness of disadvantaged people, life wandering comedians.
In 1907, Picasso created the painting "Avignon girl", which marked the beginning of Picasso's move from realistic traditions to avant-garde.
Soon Picasso founds a new direction in art - cubism, why has contributed significantly to capture the artist African sculpture.