Sculpteur Devant Sa Sculpture (Sculptor in Front of His Sculpture) Bloch 82. 1927 Signed in brush point. Certificate of Authenticity of Merill Chase Galleries 19.4 cm x 27.8 cm Pablo Picasso: A painter and printmaker who revolutionized western art, Pablo Picasso was born in Spain and lived most of his life either there or in France. His father was an art teacher, and the young Pablo grew up in an artistic environment. By the age of fourteen, he was an accomplished draftsman, and in 1900 at age nineteen, he made his first trip to Paris. There he studied the Old Masters* and Classical* sculpture and also was exposed to the paintings of Impressionists* and Post Impressionists*.