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| INTRODUCTORY VIDEO |
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| PICASSO'S ROUTE |
Picasso. La muchacha de los pies descalzos. Musée Picasso,París. © Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2015. © RMN-Grand Palais / Mathieu Rabeau / Adrien Didierjean
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BIOGRAPHY |
HIS TEACHERS |
A CORUÑA 1891–1895 |
A CORUÑA TODAY |
HIS TEACHERS |
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| José Ruiz Blasco | Román Navarro García de Vinuesa | Isidoro Brocos | Antonio Amorós y Botella |
José Ruiz Blasco (Málaga, 1838-Barcelona, 1913)
José Ruiz Blasco, Picasso’s father, was a painting and drawing professor for many years. He specialized in animal portraits, particularly pigeons, which he used to breed, and still life forms. Although he received recognition through a few awards, he was never highly appreciated by his contemporaries.
His early artistic education began at the local high school in Málaga with painter José García Chicano. He would continue his studies at Málaga’s Provincial Fine Arts School where he would eventually become a drawing professor. During this time in Málaga he was also appointed to the position of curator and art restorer for the Museo Municipal. Due to his low salary he asked for a transfer, expecting to get a higher wage. In 1891 he was finally given a post at the newly founded Fine Arts School in A Coruña and he moved to this city with his family. They lived there until 1895, when José Ruiz received an offer to exchange his post with Román Navarro’s at the Llotja in Barcelona.
José Ruiz was aware of his son Pablo’s talent and he played an important role in his artistic education, requiring his cooperation to help him finish his own paintings and making sure that his academic education was solid.