Pablo Picasso was one of the most famous artists that the world has ever known.

Paintings like Guernica and Sleeping Gypsy come to mind when his name is mentioned, but there are others as well, such as La Toilette and Family of Saltimbanques.

Picasso was born in Spain and he was the son of a man who was an academic painter. At an early age he started drawing and it wasn’t all that long before he had art exhibitions. He also often painted about what affected him in life and what affected his country.

Guernica, for example, was painted because he was affected by the Spanish Civil War. All of his paintings had meanings behind them, some of which were more obvious than others. It is clear, however, that Picasso was a man who cared deeply about art and about his country, making him one of the greatest painters of his day and keeping his work highly prized even now.

Guernica
Sleeping Gypsy
Family of Saltimbanques
La Toilette