uld march to his own drummer, and why he would refuse to do predictable art in line with what critics and reviewers and scholars expected him to do. He was, after all, a prodigy (Wertenbaker 10-12). He was born in Malaga, Spain, in 1881; his father was a museum curator, and an artist as well as an art teacher. Reportedly, he could draw before he could walk. He was receiving serious lessons in art by his seventh birthday. By the age of 19, Picasso had already put together an impressive volume of brilliant art, and was living in Paris, part of a group of young and modern artists making waves in the creative world.
Did he like his art classes? No. "He quickly lost interest in academic training, with its rigid emphasis on copying and severely limited subject matter," according to Time Life bio-grapher W
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