Passion: Born an Artist

October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973
Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso's first word was pencil. Growing up with a father who himself was an Artist (Painter), Picasso was encouraged to learn the art. Beginning at the age of seven, Picasso was trained by his Father in figure drawing and oil painting. During this time Picasso's formal education suffered because of his passion for Art. For him his passion was so deep that nothing else mattered.

In 1891 Picasso and his Family moved to La Corun so his father could become a Professor at the School of Fine Arts. In 1895 after the death of Picasso's sister, they moved once again to Barcelona. This would mark the success of Picasso's career. With the move Picasso's Father transferred to the School of Fine arts and persuaded the officials at the academy to allow his son to take the entrance exam for the advanced class. This process usually takes students a month and Picasso did it in one week and of course was admitted in to the advanced class.

Picasso's formal education would suffer more as he attended Royal Academy of San Fernando, the foremost art school in the country, which led him to stop attending class soon after enrollment. Shortly after, Picasso traveled to Paris in 1900 (the art capital of Europe). He met his close friend and room mate who would teach him the language and literature. Sleeping in the day and working at night Picasso would perfect his skill with every piece of work.

In 1907 Picasso joined the art gallery that had recently been opened in Paris by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Kahnweiler a German art historian, art collector who became one of the premier French art dealers of the 20th century. He became prominent in Paris beginning in 1907 for being among the first champions of Pablo Picasso.

During his life Picasso had a number of mistresses in addition to his wife. Picasso was married twice and had four children by three women.

Picasso spent his entire life in the arts and would never separate his life from his passion. It shows here that success and achievement is measured by how much time you invest in your passion.

“Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the song of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works of necessity, that he himself is only an insignificant part of the world, and that no more importance should be attached to him than to plenty of other things which please us in the world though we can’t explain them; people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.” - Picasso

Pablo Picasso's Passion has been Identified