Do you know what influence American Gertrude Stein had on Picasso, and why it took 90 sittings for him to paint her portrait? What influence did photography have on creation of Cubism?  Or even the discovery of radiation and X-rays? Do you know what painting of Matisse’s created in Picasso a jealously so great, he was obsessed to do something more original? 

This hour will include Picasso’s childhood and his move to Paris, where he met people and ideas that helped develop a new art form. The hour will explore the intellectual, cultural, and scientific ideas he was exposed to when he moved to Paris, so this artistic prodigy could make a name for himself, change the direction of Western art, and usher in the Modern Era.