Chapter x The Boy Wonder On October 25, 1881, in Malaga in southern Spain, an art teacher and his wife had a baby boy. ‘They named him after many saints and relatives: Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de ima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. Years later LI Pablo's father Pablo's mathey that baby became known as the great artist, Pablo Picasso. How would he ever have signed his whole name on a painting? It would have been impossible! So he just wrote “Picasso.” Pablo could draw before he could talk. His mother said his first words were baby talk in Spanish for /apiz, which means ‘When he was really little, he liked to draw spirals. He would sometimes draw pictures “pencil. in the sand.PARLO’S LIFE IN SPAIN PABLO AND HIS FAMILY MOVED FROM MALAGA IN SOUTHERN SPAIN, WHERE HE WAS BORN, TO LA CORUNA IN NORTHERN SPAIN, AND THEN TO BARCELONA. AFTER THAT, PABLO WENT TO MADRID TO STUDY ART. WHEN HE BECAME SICK, HE WENT TO THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF HORTA DE SAN JUAN. HE LATER RETURNED TO BARCELONA, BUT HE COULDN'T RESIST PARIS. BORN HERE 1881 In the winter, Pablo came down with scarlet fever. He left school and stayed in a country village until he got better. He had a lot of time to think about his future. Pablo decided not to go back to school. He also decided that he wanted to paint his own way. His family was not going to like that, but Pablo was restless and ready to be on his own.PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE STEIN IN 190%, PABLO WORKED ON A PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE. IT WAS TORTURE FOR PABLO BECALICE HE JUST COULDN'T GET HER FACE RIGHT. SHE SAT FOR THE PORTRAIT EIGHTY TIMES! IT PROBABLY WAS TORTURE FOR GERTRUDE, TOO! PABLO GAVE UP FOR THE SUMMER; IN THE FALL, HE PAINTED IN HER FACE FROM MEMORY, IT LOOKED HIKE A PRIMITIVE MASK, PABLO HAD BEEN LOOKING AT AFRICAN AND PRIMITIVE ART IN A MUSEUM, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY. HE WAS NEVER AFRAID TO BORROW IDEAS, A primitive Iberian sculpture PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THE PAINTING LOOKED LIKE GERTRUDE AT ALL, BUT SHE LOVED IT. SHE SAID, “FOR ME, IT IS 1.pours “our sty pue ooueny Suydpay arom ora “Ppom aprsino ay suewnsa5 ay £q paquiog sea uredg asvarpsou uy Suruaddey sea rey se Tas se ayy] Peuosrod ur vorusany jo uaor yp YE6r dy UT sry ur uo Bu7o8 seas Teqar parooyar sSupured sosseaig ‘ou oyp [[e paSueyp ossesrg ing -apas QUO UT pUv apr UO UO 310M sIsTATE aUOg onwead lexus) “Anqunod aaneu STY 01 powrMaar J9AIU Ossed1] ‘ODULI] JO sNeIag, “C261 WE tpeap sry un ureds pans pur 1ow>1p 5 ¥ Sem ODUEIY “S9dI0J STY pue ODULIy ODsIDURIY Jerouayy Aq umosyziaa0 sea a4 ang “pa129]> usoq pey quouruzaA08 ueorqndoy e ‘ureds uy Te eye o0eed pue rem sprezuedg v sem apy curedg ur sem ayy Aq paraye Lxaydeya Aqdaop svat ay 204 ‘syreg uy Satay] sem osseaig “mo 9yj01q 2A [EAI studs axp 9¢61 Uy