Chronological: Pablo Picasso My name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso, but you probably know me as Pablo Picasso. I was one of the most influential and revolutionary artists of the 20th century. On October 25, 1881, I was born in Malaga, Spain. My father mentored me in drawing at 5 and painting when I was 8. In elementary and secondary school, I was an awful student and failed almost every subject, so I transferred to an art school called the Instituto da Guarda when my father got a job there. I stayed there for four years, then transferred to another school called La Lonja and was given a studio apartment as a sign of independence