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The son of an art teacher, Picasso was only 12 when he began exhibiting his first paintings in his famous primitive style in Barcelona. He created 20,000 paintings, sculptures and drawings during his life. Perhaps his most famous painting was [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Picasso_._Guernica.jpg ''Guernica''], which was inspired by his outrage at the destruction of a Communist stronghold during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Picasso, a Communist, supported the government that General Franco defeated. Picasso found a more welcoming home in [[France]], and never returned to Spain.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8/newsid_2523000/2523469.stm Pablo Picasso dies] </ref>
The son of an art teacher, Picasso was only 12 when he began exhibiting his first paintings in his famous primitive style in Barcelona. He created 20,000 paintings, sculptures and drawings during his life. Perhaps his most famous painting was [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Picasso_._Guernica.jpg ''Guernica''], which was inspired by his outrage at the destruction of a Communist stronghold during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Picasso, a Communist, supported the government that General Franco defeated. Picasso found a more welcoming home in [[France]], and never returned to Spain.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8/newsid_2523000/2523469.stm Pablo Picasso dies] </ref>
With his ''Charnel House'' of 1945, Picasso concluded the series of pictures that he had started with ''Guernica''. The connection between the paintings becomes immediately obvious when we consider the rigidly limited color scheme and the triangular composition of the center. [http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picassobio.html]
With his ''Charnel House'' of 1945, Picasso concluded the series of pictures that he had started with ''Guernica''. The connection between the paintings becomes immediately obvious when we consider the rigidly limited color scheme and the triangular composition of the center. [http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picassobio.html]