History Creator / PabloPicasso

* NomDeMom: Young Pablo Ruiz since ca. 1898 used his mother's family surname Picasso and became famous as PabloPicasso. (Some have theorized that this may have been because Ruiz is a fairly common name in Spain).

-->''My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, [[BadassBoast I was a painter, and became Picasso.]]''

* KavorkaMan: married twice, kept multiple mistresses, had three illegitimate children, refused to have his way with a woman who said he could have his way with her because she wasn't resisting, and two of his exes committed suicide after his death.

* OverlyLongName: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Marí­a de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santí­sima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso''. The only surnames in there are ''"Ruiz"'' and ''"Picasso"'' at the end, used in standard Spanish fashion (the first is his father's surname and the second his mother's, joined by an ''"y"'' as per a now outdated convention). The rest are given names his parents piled on him to honour various saints and relatives - naming children after those is common in Spanish, but it seems to have got out of control here. Technically Picasso's surname was actually ''"Ruiz"''.

* ArtInitiatesLife: Picasso based some of his paintings on the Spanish Civil War, the Holocaust and the Korean War.
* ArtStyleDissonance: If you compare his early, realistic work to his more famous cubist work: you're in for a surprise!

* NomDeNom: Young Pablo Ruiz since ca. 1898 used his mother's family surname Picasso and became famous as PabloPicasso. (Some have theorized that this may have been because Ruiz is a fairly common name in Spain).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Attenborough tells a story in his autobiography about his attempt to create a highbrow station ident for [=BBC2=]. As he was already on good terms with both Picasso and Creator/IgorStravinsky, he figured it would be a real coup to have Picasso do the visuals and Stravinsky the music. Picasso was actually up for it, provided Stravinsky agreed too, but Stravinsky's [[AuthorExistenceFailure Composer Existence Failure]] in 1971 put the kibosh on it.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is considered to be the most famous, influential and important painter of the 20th century. Best known for his cubist style, he was a versatile artist who worked in many different styles and was both a painter as a sculptor. He is perhaps one of the more infamous examples of TrueArtIsIncomprehensible. To this day you'll find people who consider Picasso's work to be unworthy of being called ''"art"''.

* NewerThanTheyThink: Some people who never even heard things like modern art maybe thought that Picasso lives around Da Vinci's era.

-->''My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, [[BadassBoast I was a painter, and became Picasso.]]''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Attenborough tells a story in his autobiography about his attempt to create a highbrow station ident for [=BBC2=]. As he was already on good terms with both Picasso and Creator/IgorStravinsky, he figured it would be a real coup to have Picasso do the visuals and Stravinsky the music. Picasso was actually up for it, provided Stravinsky agreed too, but Stravinsky's [[AuthorExistenceFailure Composer Existence Failure]] put the kibosh on it.

Pablo Picasso is considered to be the most famous, influential and important painter of the 20th century. Best known for his cubist style, he was a versatile artist who worked in many different styles and was both a painter as a sculptor. He is perhaps one of the more infamous examples of TrueArtIsIncomprehensible. To this day you'll find people who consider Picasso's work to be unworthy of being called ''"art"''.

His life has been made into two noteworthy films, the Swedish mockumentary ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPicasso (1978)'' and "Surviving Picasso" (1996)'' with AnthonyHopkins.

Pablo Picasso is considered to be the most famous, influential and important painter of the 20th century. Best known for his cubist style, he was a versatile artist who worked in many different styles and was both a painter as a sculptor. He is perhaps one of the more infamous examples of TrueArtIsIncomprehensible. To this day you'll find people who consider Picasso's work to be unworthy of being called "art".

He was the subject of two documentaries, "Visit to Picasso" (1949) and "The Mystery of Picasso" (1956), in which he famously paints directly on to the camera.

His life has been made into two noteworthy films, the Swedish mockumentary Film/TheAdventuresOfPicasso (1978) and "Surviving Picasso" (1996) with AnthonyHopkins.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: "Guernica" is in black and white; Picasso felt that gave it the immediacy of a newspaper photograph.

* {{Fanart}}: He famously made [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas_(Picasso) 58 variations]] on Diego Velasquez's "Las Meninas".

* InfantImmortality. Subverted in the painting "Guernica", where a mother cries over her dead baby.

* NightmareFace: Many people on his paintings would count. For example "The Weeping Woman"

* OverlyLongName: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Marí­a de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santí­sima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso''. The only surnames in there are "Ruiz" and "Picasso" at the end, used in standard Spanish fashion (the first is his father's surname and the second his mother's, joined by an "y" as per a now outdated convention). The rest are given names his parents piled on him to honour various saints and relatives - naming children after those is common in Spanish, but it seems to have got out of control here. Technically Picasso's surname was actually "Ruiz".

* TheRival: SalvadorDali, who certainly matched Picasso in fame. Dali once said the following about Picasso: "Picasso is a painter, so am I; [...] Picasso is a Spaniard, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I."

* SpikingTheCamera: In the famous documentaries "A Visit To Picasso" and "The Mystery Of Picasso" Picasso paints on the camera.

* SpookyPainting: "Guernica"

* SpanishCivilWar: The 1938 bombardment of the Spanish town Guernica inspired Picasso to his most famous work "Guernica".

* DeathOfTheAuthor: Subverted by PabloPicasso who, when asked how to distinguish between his genuine works and the numerous fakes that were circulating, he answered simply, "If it's good, it's mine. If it's bad, it's a fake."[[note]]Makes you wonder since Picasso said "Good artists copy, great artists steal."[[/note]]

* SmallReferencePool: Picasso is one of the most famous painters of all time and perhaps the easiest to reference or namedrop. This due to his recognizable style and strong association with cubism, which is still perceived as somewhat snobbish and a prime example of TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.

Pablo Picasso is considered to be the most famous, influential and important painter of the 20th century. Best known for his cubist style, he was a versatile artist who worked in many different styles and was both a painter as a sculptor.

* NightmareFace: Many people on his paintings would count. For example this one: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Picasso_The_Weeping_Woman_Tate_identifier_T05010_10.jpg]

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: To this day you'll find people who consider Picasso's art to be nothing but crude trash.

Pablo Picasso is considered to be the most famous, influential and important painter of the 20th century.

Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Hora Juan Novecino Marie de Los Remedios Siburiano de la Santessima Trinidado Luis Picasso