PABLO PICASSO'S HOMETOWN
I was so happy to have visited Malaga, Spain, primarily because I have always wanted to see one of my favorite painter's hometown. I am talking of no less than Pablo Picasso himself. It was so good that the hostal where I stayed was very close to the "casa" where he was born, the church where he was baptized, the plaza where he used to run and play when he was still a little boy, his father's (Jose Ruiz Picasso) studio where Pablo started to learn painting, and his museum that houses more than a hundred pieces of his paintings. I went back again and again to the place and spent an afternoon in a Irish coffee shop fronting the plaza. I spent time, too, sitting with his life-size statue in the same plaza. I toured his house (now a museum, showcasing his father's works) where he started his first painting lessons with his father in 1888. His father, Jose Ruiz Picasso, was, himself, a very famous painter and an art teacher. learned that Pablo Picasso shared the love for Flamenco and Bullfighting with his father. I learned, too, that he took from his father his love to paint doves and pigeons (palomas). Pablo even named one of his daughters, Paloma. The time came when his father could no longer paint the feet of the doves anymore because of his blurring eyesight and Pablo had to do hundreds of them for his father to the point that he, Pablo, still wanted to paint doves but doves without feet. Pablo Picasso painted in a realistic manner during his childhood and adolescence but his style, techniques, and ideas changed. It was in years 1909-1912 that he did the Analytic Cubism and in years 1912-1919, the Synthetic Cubism. He became one of the best known figures in the 20th century because of his extraordinary artistic talent.
I was so happy to have visited Malaga, Spain, primarily because I have always wanted to see one of my favorite painter's hometown. I am talking of no less than Pablo Picasso himself. It was so good that the hostal where I stayed was very close to the "casa" where he was born, the church where he was baptized, the plaza where he used to run and play when he was still a little boy, his father's (Jose Ruiz Picasso) studio where Pablo started to learn painting, and his museum that houses more than a hundred pieces of his paintings. I went back again and again to the place and spent an afternoon in a Irish coffee shop fronting the plaza. I spent time, too, sitting with his life-size statue in the same plaza. I toured his house (now a museum, showcasing his father's works) where he started his first painting lessons with his father in 1888. His father, Jose Ruiz Picasso, was, himself, a very famous painter and an art teacher. learned that Pablo Picasso shared the love for Flamenco and Bullfighting with his father. I learned, too, that he took from his father his love to paint doves and pigeons (palomas). Pablo even named one of his daughters, Paloma. The time came when his father could no longer paint the feet of the doves anymore because of his blurring eyesight and Pablo had to do hundreds of them for his father to the point that he, Pablo, still wanted to paint doves but doves without feet. Pablo Picasso painted in a realistic manner during his childhood and adolescence but his style, techniques, and ideas changed. It was in years 1909-1912 that he did the Analytic Cubism and in years 1912-1919, the Synthetic Cubism. He became one of the best known figures in the 20th century because of his extraordinary artistic talent.
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