5 Facts You Didn't Know About Pablo Picasso (Part 3)
Picasso is a name that's seen on T-shirts and mugs, or heard in songs such as Jay-Z's "Picasso Baby." Yet, Picasso wasn't actually Pablo's last name. His real last name was Ruiz. Pablo's family was best known in the region as glovemakers. It was not the occupation a revolutionary artist wanted to be associated with. So, he took matters into his own hands, and, according to author John Richardson's biography, A Life of Picasso, changed his last name to his mother's maiden name, Picasso. It was Pablo who once said, after all, that "in art, one must kill one's father."
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