Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was called Pablo Ruiz Picasso after his father and mother, Jose Ruiz Blaso and Maria Picasso Lopez. He later dropped his father’s name and was just called Pablo Picasso. He lived in a middle class family with a father that was a painter whose specialty was painting nature and birds. His father was also a professor of art at the School of Crafts as well as a curator of a local museum. At an early age in life, Picasso showed interest in art. He loved drawing and was also very skilled at it. At age seven, he was getting formal drawing lessons from his father. In 1892, they moved to La Coruna and one year later, in 1893, he was accepted to the school of Fine and Applied Arts