A man who reportedly communicated through drawing before learning the ability to speak and whose first word was pencil, the Spanish "piz," certainly seemed fated to become one of the most recognized artists of his century. Although these particular details may be a bit of exaggerated myth-making (they come from his mother's accounts of his childhood), few similar greats have the same colorful backstories as this artist. Pablo Picasso -- or as he was born, Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Jua...
A man who reportedly communicated through drawing before learning the ability to speak and whose first word was pencil, the Spanish "piz," certainly seemed fated to become one of the most recognized artists of his century. Although these particular details may be a bit of exaggerated myth-making (they come from his mother's accounts of his childhood), few similar greats have the same colorful backstories as this artist. Pablo Picasso -- or as he was born, Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Jua...
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