10 tidbits about Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists of the world, lived in a turbulent period and their creations have been best sellers in the history of art. In the top 10 we are going to count ten trivia about the great painter.

10. Communist

He was someone who believed in communism, so in 1950 he was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1962 and the International Peace Prize Lenin.

9. Le picador

His first painting was finished with nine, called Le picador.

8. His works of art

In total, Picasso made more than 20,000 works of art.

7. His student

He says it was not a good student, but rather the opposite, since little is new in the world of painting and put aside everything else.

6. Quite a hunk

Picasso always had much success with women, officially, had long relationships with at least eight women.

5. His birth

When was born on October 25, 1881, the midwife who attended her mother believed was stillborn, so we left him at a table. His uncle threw a puff of a cigarette that did awaken.

4. The Guernica

One of his most famous paintings is Guernica, which is the subject of the tragedy in the same place. Picasso donated it to the Spanish people, but I could go to Spain until he finished his fascist stage.

3. The castles of Picasso

His family noted that at a mature age, Picasso was involved in buying castles, filled with paintings, and once all the rooms were full, bought another and began anew.

2. His real name

The real name of the painter is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano of Holy Trinity Clito Martyr Patricio Ruiz and Picasso.

1. The theft of the Mona Lisa

In 1911 the famous Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum, Picasso was one of the main suspects in the robbery, but nothing was ever proved.