Picasso is considered the most famous artist of the 20th Century.

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso Pablo Ruiz y Picasso is considered the most famous artist of the 20th Century. Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain (Encarta). When he was young his family moved to Barcelona (World Book Encyclopedia,448). As the son of a professor of art, Picasso's talent for drawing was recognized at an early age. An advanced student at the Barcelona Academy of Fine Arts from the age of 14, he experimented in his …

…was attributed to pulmonary edema fluid in the lungs. He rarely left his 17-acre estate, which was covered by barbed wire. Besides his wife he left behind four children, all from previous wives and mistresses. (Kehoe). Works Cited Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin. "Picasso, Pablo." The New Book of Nowledge, Vol. 15, 1986 ed., pp. 243-244. Kehoe, John. Life File. New York: Hearst, and Company, 1987. "Picasso." World Book Encyclopedia, Vol 15, 1995 ed., pp. 448-449. Encarta, CD-ROM, Microsoft ® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999