How Pablo Picasso Changed the World — The Full Story

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Pablo Picasso was a genius. He changed art forever. The famous Spanish painter, was the most creative and influential artist ever to live. He helped pioneer the Cubist art movement. And constantly evolved as an artist, exploring different styles, techniques, and mediums. Picasso spent most of his life in France, where he was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, theatre designer and poet. Picasso created several ground-breaking pieces of art that changed the world. His revolutionary painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon shocked people with its primitive and proto-cubist style, the art world had never seen anything like it before. But that was just the beginning for Pablo Picasso. His giant oil painting depicting Guernica is widely regarded as the most powerful and moving anti-war painting of all time. And his series of oil on canvas paintings capturing Weeping Women is celebrated and admired for emotional and artistic depth. He started painting at the age of seven. And by thirteen he had already surpassed his father, who was a professional artist, in skill. Pablo Picasso pushed and pulled at the boundaries of what was considered art. His creativity was unmatched. And he constantly experimented with new ideas, styles, and techniques that would go on to influence every artist that came after him. During the course of his life he created over 50,000 pieces of work. He became an artistic and cultural icon. Known all over the world. Reaching levels of fame and influence no other living artist has ever achieved. Picasso had a complex and turbulent personal life. He loved women. And he used them to fuel his creativity. But when they were no longer useful, he moved on to the next muse, desperately searching for someone else to inspire him. Picasso’s art and relationships are intertwined. You cannot have one without the other. Pablo Picasso still remains one of the most popular, iconic, and sought after artists in the world. His work can be found in almost every major art gallery. Every art collector must have a Picasso. And his most famous paintings sell for hundreds of millions of dollars. Pablo Picasso was a genius. And in this video I try to explain in detail how his art changed the world. I spent over a year researching, writing, and creating this video, trying to piece together the story of Pablo Picasso’s life. Exploring his upbringing, his art, his personal, and his legacy. This is How Pablo Picasso Changed the World. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: How Pablo Picasso Changed the World 02:24 - Birth & Childhood 04:21 - First Painting 05:06 - A Coruña 06:17 - Barcelona 08:26 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts 09:33 - Carles Casagemas 10:42 - Harlequins 11:17 - Casagemas’ Final Dinner 12:47 - The Blue Period 15:29 - Madeleine 16:13 - The Rose Period 17:52 - The Steins 19:09 - Fernande Olivier 19:48 - The African Period 23:40 - Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 26:16 - Kahnweiler 27:52 - Cubism 29:56 - A Theft in Paris (Mona Lisa) 33:21 - Another Woman 33:57 - Synthetic Cubism 35:00 - Gabrielle Lespinasse 36:46 - Ballet & Olga Khokhlova 39:01 - Neoclassicism 40:36 - Fatherhood 42:25 - Sara & Gerald Murphy 43:20 - Surrealism 45:09 - Marie-Thérèse Walter 46:43 - Sculptures 47:44 - The Minotaur 48:55 - Turns 50 49:57 - Le Rêve 51:37 - Retrospective Exhibition 54:11 - Fernande Returns 55:55 - More Bulls & Minotaurs 56:24 - Poetry 57:54 - Divorce? 59:44 - Another child 1:00:22 - Dora Maar 1:02:23 - The Spanish Civil War 1:04:06 - Guernica 1:13:01 - The Weeping Woman 1:15:51 - WW2 1:18:54 - Bronze Sculptures 1:20:41 - Meeting Françoise Gilot 1:22:08 - Bull Sculpture 1:22:39 - Picasso’s New Politics 1:23:51 - Dora Maar’s End 1:25:02 - The Charnel House 1:26:02 - Gilot Blossoms 1:26:41 - The Dove of Peace 1:27:31 - Massacre in Korea 1:29:10 - Geneviève Laporte 1:29:47 - Meeting Jacqueline Roque 1:30:16 - Gilot Leaves Picasso 1:35:03 - Women of Algiers 1:36:21 - Sylvette 1:38:18 - Theft 1:38:52 - Henri Matisse Passes Away 1:40:19 - Jacqueline Roque 1:40:57 - Olga Passes Away 1:41:33 - Reinterpretations 1:42:11 - Jacqueline & Picasso Marry 1:43:52 - Pablo in Old Age 1:44:39 - The Basel Vote 1:45:43 - The Kiss 1969 1:46:42 - Picasso’s Final Years 1:48:31 - After Picasso Passed 1:50:44 - Pablo Picasso’s Legacy Other videos to watch: How Leonardo da Vinci Changed the World - https://youtu.be/pN2pPhpAxXk How Alexander Fleming Changed the World - https://youtu.be/y6084NqO_Sw How Isaac Newton Changed the World - https://youtu.be/jHhLuXeIwDE There were too many sources to fit into this description box, so here is a blog post with all of them - https://peoplewhochangedtheworldsources.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-pablo-picasso-changed-world-sources.html It really means the world to me to know you’re watching my videos. The entire video was created by me (Will Payne), it took far longer than I ever imagined, but I hope you manage to find some value in the video I’ve created. Thank you for watching! #Pablo #Picasso #PabloPicasso