José Ruiz y Blasco
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José Ruiz y Blasco (1838-1913) was a Spanish painter and art teacher, and is Pablo Picasso's father.
[edit] Chronology
1858: Born near Málaga
1880: Married his childhood sweetheart, María Picasso y López (1855-1939)
1881: Birth of Pablo Picasso (Pablito) in Malaga
1884: Birth of Dolores (Lola) in Malaga
1887: Birth of Concepcion (Conchita) in Malaga (died in 1895 at age 7)
1888 / 89: tutored Pablo in painting
1891: Moved to La Coruña to accept a position as an art teacher at "Bella's Arts" (and curator of the local museum)
1892: Pablo is one of his students.
1895: Gets a professorship at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona (“La Lonja”). Pablos moves on his own.
1894: Stops painting ostensibly due to Pablo's prodigial talent. (Pablo also shows a possible sign of struggle by switching from signing his paintings with his father's family name to that of his mother's maiden name.)
1913: Decease
