Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga and trained as an artist in Spain before settling for long periods in Paris. With Georges Braque he became one of the principal developers of Cubism, and his work ranged across painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics and theatre design.

Picasso’s long career moved through successive styles and media and made him a central figure in modern art, while works such as Guernica connected avant-garde practice with political history. Pablo Picasso also worked as Painter and Sculptor. Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain and died in Mougins, France.

In William Boyd’s Nat Tate, Presented in the form of an illustrated art biography, the book recounts the life of Nat Tate, a supposed American painter born in 1928 who enters the New York art world after the Second World War. Tate develops a reputation among Abstract Expressionist circles, travels to Europe and measures his uncertain talent against the work of artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Further fictional perspectives on Pablo Picasso can be found in William Boyd’s Any Human Heart.