Picasso's father was also a painter, a Professor of Art at the local school of fine arts (美术). He taught his son how to draw figures and how to paint 　　3　　 oils and took him to some of the schools of art that he himself 　　4　　 .Although he was Spanish, Picasso spent much of his life in Paris and never took part in　　5　　 the Spanish Civil War, World War I or World War II.?

Picasso's 　　6　　 life was very unconventional(非传统的). He had four children 　　7　　 three different women, two wives and many lovers. In 1961, however, he married and stayed with Jacqueline Roque 　　8　　 the end of his life in 1973.?

Picasso produced paintings of acrobats (杂技演员) at the beginning of his 　　9　　 and moved into a different style when he started painting pictures of artists. 　　10　　 he developed his works into the famous style which is known as “Cubism”. He also created 　　11　　 and wrote poetry.?

Picasso produced 　　12　　 paintings than anyone else ever has: 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and 34,000 book illustrations. He worked in many different mediums(手段): oils, watercolors, charcoal, and pencil. His paintings in the Cubist style started a new movement in art in 　　13　　 20th century. Picasso 　　14　　 this style of painting with a colleague, Georges Braque in 1909. They painted objects by 　　15　　 them into small pieces and then viewed and painted them from several angles at once. 　16　　 used brown colors for the paintings.?

The Cubism Movement started with Picasso and Braque in Montmartre， Paris, and 　　17　　 rapidly among the artists. It began to develop into a second phase(阶段), in which artists added 　　18　　 objects to the painting in various materials, such as cloth or newspaper. In 　　19　　 1950's Picasso's works went through more changes when he started to look at the grand masters of art, like Velasquez.?

In his 80's and 90's he began to paint a mixture of many styles that he kept changing. Only after his death 　　20　　 fully appreciate his great achievements and in 1999 one of his paintings sold for us﹩51 million.

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