Watching a commentary on Picasso by BBC art critic Simon Schama we need to note these terms:
Malaga, Spain (Picasso bithplace)
Madrid
Barcelona (Picasso education)
Paris (decades of residence)
Cote d'Azur (coast of blue) / French Riviera (eventual residence)
1881 - Picasso born in the nineteenth century
1973 - One of the masters of 20th century communication
Guernica: Picasso painting of bombing of Spanish village during the Spanish Civil War. The world's most famous anti-war canvas.
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