Module 4 Fine Arts Western Chinese and Pop ArtsSection Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module [原文呈现][读文清障] People generally① agree that Pablo Picasso, who lived from 1881 to 1973, is the twentiethcentury’s greatest western artist
He was born in Spain② and at the age of③ ten was already an excellent④ artist
He had his first exhibition⑤ at the age of 16
Picasso studied art in Spain, but moved to⑥ France, in his early twenties⑦
From 1902 to 1904 he painted a series of⑧ pictures where the main colour was blue⑨
These pictures showed poor, unhappy people and are known as⑩ Picasso’s “blue period”
From 1904 to 1906 Picasso painted much happier pictures in the colour pink
This period was known as Picasso’s “pink period”
With another Spanish artist called George Braque⑪ , Picasso then started an import