“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.”
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso was arguably the most famous and influential artist of the twentieth century. His father, an art instructor, grounded him in the representational work of the masters, but by the outbreak of the First World War he had begun to develop, along with Matisse and Duchamp, modern styles including Cubism, with which he is most closely identified. Works such as Guernica, symbolically depicting the bombing of that city during the Spanish Civil War, vaulted Picasso into the front rank of artists and secured for him widespread celebrity and wealth. His personal life was tumultuous, he would have four children by three different women and a string of mistresses, some several decades younger than he. He was sought after by the rich and famous and counted many of them as his friends. His paintings and sculptures continue to set sales records to this day, fetching hundreds of millions of dollars.
Good Morning Gloucester 