Franco blocked museum But politics got in the way. Pablo Picasso died at age 91 in France on April 8, 1973, when Spain was ruled by fascist dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.

MALAGA, Spain (Reuters) - A life-size model of the corpse of Pablo Picasso lies on a plinth in his home city of Malaga, eyes closed, hands folded. The artist who transformed his subjects into ...

Pablo Picasso adopted France as his home but was Spanish by birth and Spain is trumpeting the fact with a raft of events marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of this 20th century master.

John Richardson, a British historian who spent more than three decades working on an intimate four-volume biography of Pablo Picasso, one of his many painter-friends in a life devoted to art, died ...

Pablo Picasso pictured at his villa, La Californie, in Cannes, France in 1957. Franz Hubmann/Imagno/Getty Images Picasso abandoned his first wife, ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova.

British art historian John Richardson, known for his multi-volume biography of Pablo Picasso, died today at age 95. A representative from Knopf, Richardson’s publisher, confirmed the news.