A truly hard working, prolific artist. In 1973 there were about 45,000 unsold works in his estate. The catalogue raisonné compiled by Christian Zervos, lists more than 16,000 paintings and drawings in total for the artist. And he painted them all himself, he did not use workers hired to finish what he started or simply touched up, like so many modern artists nowadays do.
I truly would advice any art lover, art collector and especially art students and emerging artists, to look further, to read biographies of artists and to search, experiment, and work, hard, real hard. That is the only way to develop talent.
Cheers…
JaZzArt en València 
Best way to go about most anything. Sincerity and hard work. Maybe a little love tossed-in.
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It may make for the right formula Espie. Cheers.
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I love finding out more about their stories
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They’re interesting, no?
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always
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Tal como lo dices, por su cantidad de pinturas, es difícil seguirle los pasos. Sin lugar a dudas que es unos de los grandes pintores del mundo. Con tus referencias, uno se queda corto en catalogarlo. Un gran abrazo Francisco.
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Tienes razón Manuel, gracias y un abrazo.
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I may not have been Picasso’s biggest fan, but you’ve taught me a lot about him and his work Framcesc. I’m guessing that he’s your number one favourite.
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Thank you Malc, I’m glad you said that because that’s my goal, not only with Picasso but with all of them (good or bad, favourites or ones I dislike). And although I have learned much from Picasso and greatly admire him, my favourite continues to be Vermeer of Delft. Cheers my friend, I appreciate it. All the best.
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I can see why you like Vermeer 🙂
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Truly one of the best!
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Su obra fue tan extensa que las obras de hoy no las había visto nunca. Interesanse, Buen día.
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Si, y hay muchas más que nadie ha visto. Ojalá podamos verlas un día. Gracias Azurea y bon dia.
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Nobody may ever match the creativity and vision of Pablo. But we can all emulate his work ethic. Great post, Francisco!
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So true and well said my friend. Thank you!
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He was a hard worker. I certainly admire his work ethic and his art progressed further than my enthusiasm for his style. Do you like him more for his talent or his Spanish heritage? Another excellent video, Francisco. You could market these as a set.
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Although Picasso was born in Málaga, he never made a big deal about it, and yes, he was always a true Spaniard, although he lived most of his life in France, I don’t see him as a nationalist, and neither am I. I consider myself a citizen of the world most of the time. I am proud to be Spanish, but through my paternal grandmother I also have Italian blood. Imagine that.
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I like and respect your response, Francisco. I guess most of us are poly-national if we trace our lineage back enough.
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Yes, by this time in the history of humanity we are all mixed one way or another. And I think that’s great! That is why I never understood why in the US people are classified by being «white» (supposedly), «black» or the craziest one of all «Latino». Don’t they know here that people from South and Central America have the same mix as in North America? In Spain people are not considered white, black or anything else. If you are a Spaniard, you are a Spaniard (we’ve no blacks, only African immigrants but we’ve a lot of Arabs).
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I think almost every nation has a way of distinguishing «us» from «them» It may be race, religion, income, education, profession, but each nation has a something When we visited Quebec about 2000, we learned that if you were an American speaking English you were tolerated much better than if you were an English speaking Canadian. How is that for granularity? I was very impressed when an Egyptian told me, that «we are all Egyptians, regardless of race,» Of course, Egypt has been a nation for thousands of years.
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I don’t remember too many distinctions being stressed back in the day when I was in High School (the 70’s). It seems to be spreading but at least in Spain no form ever asks you to check off race or ethnicity! Good grief! Are not we all humans? I know there is racism here in Europe but most countries in the EU have taken steps to eradicate it.
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Great points, Francisco. At least now we can opt out of filling out those self-identifying ethnic forms.
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I applaud that 👏
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Another informative post, Francis, and you give great advice about working hard.
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Thank you Janet, very much! Yes, I truly believe in that old saying “practice makes perfect.”
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