Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, in Malaga, Spain, in 1881. His full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso. Picasso’s father was Don Jose Ruiz Blasco, an art teacher and painter. Although Picasso was a comparably poor student, he presented an ability for drawing and painting at a young age. At thirteen, his skill level had outweighed his father's. When Picasso was fourteen years old, he moved to Barcelona, Spain and attended the city’s influential School of Fine Arts because of his remarkable entrance exam. In 1897, he moved to Madrid to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Picasso moved back to Barcelona in 1899, and
