GETTING TO KNOW PABLO PICASSO

Occupation: Artist
Born: October 25th, 1881 in Málaga, Spain
Died: April 8th, 1973 in Mougins, France
Famous works: The Pipes of Pan, Three Musicians, Guernica,
The Weeping Woman
Style/Period: Cubism, Modern Art

Biography:
Where did Pablo Picasso grow up? Pablo Picasso grew up in Spain.
He was born on October 25th, 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher. Pablo liked to
draw from an early age.

Cubism (1907 - 1921) In 1907 Picasso began to experiment with a new style of painting. He
worked with another artist named Georges Braque. By 1909 they had created a completely
new style of painting called Cubism. In Cubism the subjects are analyzed and broken up into
different sections. Then the sections are put back together and painted from different
perspectives and angles.

Guernica is a world-famous painting by Pablo Picasso. It is one of the world's greatest anti-
war paintings. It is a very large painting (a mural) which shows the bombing of the Spanish
town of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (it is 7.8 metre wide and 3.5 metre
tall).

It shows how people and animals suffer because of the war. The painting is very famous and
it is seen as a world symbol for peace.
1) Answer the questions:
When was Picasso born? ________________________________________________
Where was he born? ____________________________________________________
Where did he grow up? _________________________________________________
When did he die? _______________________________________________________
Did Picasso like to draw when he was a child? ___________________________
What is the name of his painting style? __________________________________
What was his dad’s job? _________________________________________________

2) True or false
Picasso died in Spain ____
He was born in October ____
He painted the Guernica ____
Guernica is a Spanish town ____
Guernica isn’t a famous painting ____
Picasso’s dad was an engineer ____
3) Write the body parts