When Picasso was done running around Madrid in 1900 he decided to take a trip to Paris. where he met his first Parisian friend, the poet Max Jacob, Soon the two shared an apartment; Max slept at night while Picasso slept during the day and worked at night. These were times of depression and doing anthing to survive, including Pablo burning his own art work to stay warm. In 1901 while Picasso was living in Madrid, he and his friend Francisco de Asís Soler founded the magazine Arte Joven (Young Art) Soler solicited articles and Picasso illustrated the journal,most of the illustrations had to do with poor people. The first issue was published on 31 March 1901. In 1905 Picasso became a favorite of the American art collectors Lo and Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein has Picasso paint portraits of her and her nephew. Gertrude helped advertise Picassos work in her salon in Paris.
Picasso married Olga Khokhlova, a ballerina in a troupe that Picasso was designing a ballet and they spent their honeymoon in the villa near Biarritz of the glamorous Chilean Khokhlova showed him what it was like in the life of a rich person. The two had a son, Paulo. Picasso and Khokhlova both being from very different societys it often lead to disagreement.
In 1927 Picasso met 17-year-old Marie-Thérèse Walter and began a secret affair with her. The two remained legally married until Khokhlova’s death in 1955. Picasso continued his affair and had a daughter, Maria. Throughout life Picasso maintained a number of mistresses in addition to his wife or primary partner. Picasso was married twice and had four children by three women.
Portrait of Igor Stravinsky done by Picasso in 1920
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