Picasso

Picasso and his Art ch. 1- Picasso and his Art By: Denis Thomas

• Pablo Picasso was born on October 25th, 1881 in Malaga, Spain
• the mid wife thought he was a stillbirth and left him on a table
• Picasso's uncle, who was a doctor, saved him
• the story of his birth influenced his art because his painted about death 
• Picasso followed his father foot steps and became a artist
• when ever he painted a man he thought of it as his father
• his father was a school art teacher
• was illiterate and didn't do well in school
• Picasso had surpassed his father in art and his father resigned as a artist to Picasso
• Picasso was a child prodigy
• he painted mostly in abstract form, but cutting out shapes and glueing them together

In this book, Denis Thomas explains how Picasso was thought of as a child prodigy. One reason that supports this main idea is that Picasso started painting at a very young age. Another reason that supports the main ideas is that he didn't have a teacher telling him ho to paint. He taught himself how to paint detailed paintings. Finally, Denis Thomas gives the example that when Picasso was about ten years old his father resigned from painting and gave all his art supplies to Picasso beacuse Picasso had surpassed his father as an artist. These ideas are similar to Beethoven because he was thought of as a music prodigy at an early age.