Picasso: A Biography

Author: Haiyin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Picasso, a creator and destroyer. A witness to the 20th century. A great artistic genius with a tragic color. Picasso (1881–1973) was born in Spain and is one of the most creative and influential artists in contemporary Western art. He and his paintings hold an immortal position in the history of world art. Picasso was a prolific painter. According to statistics, his works total nearly 37,000 pieces, including: 1,885 oil paintings, 7,089 sketches, 20,000 prints, and 6,121 lithographs. Unlike Vincent van Gogh, who lived a life of poverty and hardship, Picasso's life was extraordinarily brilliant. He is the first painter in history to witness his works being collected by the Louvre while still alive. In a public opinion poll conducted by a French newspaper in December 1999, he was elected as the top of the ten greatest painters of the 20th century with a high vote of 40%.