Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain and from an early age showed why he was destined to become one of the 20th Century's greatest artist. He possessed skill beyond his years as shown in this oil painting done of his father in 1895 when he was only 14 years old.

He left for Paris when he was nineteen, where he struggled to survive as an artist, almost starving to death on a number of occasions. Owning only one pair of shoes allowed only either his girlfriend or himself to leave the studio during the cold months of the year. Nevertheless, he never stopped creating, working through his blue and rose periods and eventually moved into Cubism where people thought he had finally snapped and gone to far. When he painted his now famous "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", friends thought they would find him hanging behind the large canvas.

From there he went on to challenge the art world in every way imaginable, breaking all the rules and opening doors for a new way of thinking and seeing. Never resting, he worked feverishly throughout his life and left behind a legacy of gigantic proportions and has had influence on every artist that has come after him.