His early lifeOn 25 October, 1881,

His early life
On 25 October, 1881, a baby boy was born in Málaga, Spain. This baby
grew up to be one of the twentieth century's greatest painters – Pablo
Picasso. Picasso showed his genius from a very young age. His first word
was “piz piz”-lápiz (Spanish for pencil) and he could draw before he could
talk. He was the only son in the family. He didn’t like school much. His
great love was art. When in 1891 his father got a job as an art teacher in
Madrid, Pablo went with him to work and he watched him paint.
Sometimes he helped his father. One evening, his father was painting a
picture of their pigeons. When his father went out, Pablo completed the
picture. It was so beautiful. He gave his son his palette and brushes and
never painted again. Pablo was just thirteen.
His life as an artist
Many people loved him but some others were shocked by his strange and
powerful paintings. He is probably best known for his Cubist pictures. His
portraits of people were often made up of triangles and squares in the
wrong places. His work changed ideas about art around the world, and to
millions of people, modern art means the work of Picasso.
His final years
Picasso married twice and had four children. His last child, Paloma, was
born in 1949 when he was 68 years old. At the age of 90, he had an
exhibition in the Louvre Museum in Paris. He was the first living artist in
Louvre Museum. Picasso created over 6,000 paintings, drawings, and
sculptures. Today, a Picasso costs millions of pounds. Once, when the
French Minister of Culture was visiting Picasso, the artist accidentally
spilled some paint on the Minister's trousers. Picasso apologized and
wanted to pay for them to be cleaned, but the Minister said, 'No! Please,
Monsieur Picasso, just sign my trousers!' Picasso died in 1973.