Early Life, Family and Training In the city of Málaga, Spain, a boy named Pablo Picasso entered the world on October 25, 1881. He was born to María Picasso y López and José Ruiz Blasco, a man who understood the weight of a brush and the discipline of the canvas. From his earliest years, the child displayed a restless pull toward drawing, a talent that seemed to manifest in his very first attempts at speech. His father, a painter himsel…
Scroll through Pablo Picasso's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Pablo Picasso's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.