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Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga Spain in 1881. His father an artist and art teacher encouraged his talent resulting in Picasso's debut as an artist at age 12. In 1895 he moved to Barcelona when his father was appointed to the La Lonja academy where he became a student the next year. In Barcelona he was influenced by the Bohemian group. Picasso continued his art education in Madrid taking a painting class at the Royal Academy of San Fernando at the start of his “Blue Period." In 1904 he moved to Paris where the next year he began his “Rose Period." In 1906 he began his friendship with Henri Matisse. Throughout his career Picasso experimented with many styles and techniques. In 1907 he ushered in the beginning of Cubism. Later he worked with collages experimented in surrealism and created erotic etchings. His first wife Olga Koklova gave birth to his son Paul in 1921. In 1935 he separated from his wife just prior to his daughter Maia's birth to one of his models. In 1944 he joined the Communist Party. In 1947 when his son Claude was born he began work with ceramics. His daughter Paloma (Spanish for “dove") was born in 1949 the same year he completed his “Dove of Peace". Picasso died in 1973 remaining an active painter almost until his death.