Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain.
From the age of seven, his father gave him formal art training in sketching band using oil pastels.
People say that his art career started in 1894 and in 1896 (aged 15), he produced this portrait of his Aunt Pepa. This was one of the first pieces of art that he was recognised for.
Picasso is best known for co-founding the cubist art movement however he did also produce artwork in a surrealist form.
The total number of artworks Picasso produced has been estimated at 50,000, combining 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics, roughly 12,000 drawings, many thousands of prints, and numerous tapestries and rugs.
This is Picasso’s most famous painting: The Weeping Woman (1937)
Picasso died in Mougins, France in 1973 (aged 91).