1. Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 Pablo Picasso was born more than 120 years ago in Malaga, Spain. He is famous for being the co-founder of Cubism which is a style of painting where objects of the painting subject are broken up and re-painted in an abstract form.Cubism When Pablo was age 7 his father (who was also a painter) gave him artistic training in figure drawing and oil painting. Later on Pablo studied art in Madrid and then went to Paris when he was about 19.

2. Picasso's work is divided into periods – The Blue Period (1901-1904), which were sad looking paintings using blue and blue-green colours. The Rose Period (1905-1907), which was a more happy style with orange and pink colours. The African-influenced Period (1908-1909) and The Cubism Period (1909- 1919)

3. Pablo's real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz Picasso. A lot of the names are of saints and relatives. According to his mother, Pablo's first words were "piz, piz", which is short for lapiz - Spanish for 'pencil' Some of his paintings are amongst the most expensive in the world.

8. What you will be doing today... WALT: add various shapes to a picture of a face we have drawn like Picasso’s paintings. WILF: Have you used a variety of shapes in your picture?