Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain.
A photo shows him at the age of six with his younger sister. She is obedient and he is supremely self-confident.
He drew all the time, even in school where he filled the margins of textbooks with drawings.
Here’s a page showing pigeon studies and a drawing of a bullfight, possibly done from memory, at the age of about 9.
When he was fourteen, his father, an art teacher and successful painter, handed him his own brushes and paints because Pablo had surpassed him.
Picasso’s self-portrait at fifteen:
He was a serious young man, here at eighteen:
In his self-portrait at twenty, he’s already mature:
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artamaze by Katherine Hilden 
Fascinating post Katherine! Picasso’s personality was fully formed right out of the gate. Interesting to see his early self-portraits which I had never seen before.
First snow tonight in Door County. Winter is coming. Hopefully we’ll be able to rid ourselves of the Orange Menace next month.
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Picasso saw through people and could make biting remarks, but he was not frivolous. His sense of humor was childlike, not ironic. He was too passionate and earnest to be ironic, I mention that because irony was much in vogue during his lifetime.
Door County is all red on the coronavirus map. Be careful.