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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), his portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso demonstrated uncanny artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence…

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In 1946, Pablo Picasso rescued a small owl with an injured claw, naming it Ubu.⠀ .⠀ ‘We put him in the kitchen with the canaries, the pigeons, and the turtledoves,’ recalled Françoise Gilot, Picasso’s companion at the time. ‘We were very nice to him but he only glared at us.’⠀ .⠀ Picasso felt a deep connection with owls, identifying with their nocturnal habits, predatory nature and powerful sight. The birds featured in many of his works and later inspired one of his most striking…

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