Looking Back - Death Of Pablo Picasso
On this day in 1973 the death was announced of one of the world's most controversial painters, the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Born in 1881, the son of an art teacher, Picasso exhibited his first paintings in Barcelona at the age of 12. His lifetime works amount to 20,000 paintings, sculptures and drawings. Pablo Picasso died of a heart attack at his chateau near Cannes on the French Riviera. His wife Jacqueline and son Paolo, was with him when he died. The previous year, to mark his 90th birthday the Louvre Museum in Paris staged a Picasso retrospective - the first time the work of a living artist had been exhibited. Pablo Picasso was buried in the grounds of his chateau in France. He left his art collection including works by Cezanne, Braque and Matisse to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Following his death a long legal battle was fought by members of his family over his estimated $50 million fortune, the outcome was that it was to be shared jointly by his wife, children and grandchildren. Seven years after his death in 1980, more than one million people visited the Museum Of Modern Art in New York to view an exhibition of his work.
On this day in 1973 the death was announced of one of the world's most controversial painters, the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Born in 1881, the son of an art teacher, Picasso exhibited his first paintings in Barcelona at the age of 12. His lifetime works amount to 20,000 paintings, sculptures and drawings. Pablo Picasso died of a heart attack at his chateau near Cannes on the French Riviera. His wife Jacqueline and son Paolo, was with him when he died. The previous year, to mark his 90th birthday the Louvre Museum in Paris staged a Picasso retrospective - the first time the work of a living artist had been exhibited. Pablo Picasso was buried in the grounds of his chateau in France. He left his art collection including works by Cezanne, Braque and Matisse to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Following his death a long legal battle was fought by members of his family over his estimated $50 million fortune, the outcome was that it was to be shared jointly by his wife, children and grandchildren. Seven years after his death in 1980, more than one million people visited the Museum Of Modern Art in New York to view an exhibition of his work. 
