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    What famous Spanish painter's father was himself a painter specialising in "pigeons" and was for that reason nicknamed "El Palomero"?

    Question #101576. Asked by flem-ish. (Dec 09 08 12:22 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Picasso

    His father painted pigeons, did paintings whose major subjects were pigeons, and his father's boss was heard to say wistfully, "Had I been able to help him, he would have turned into a good naturalistic painter like me."

    http://southerncrossreview.org/36/picasso-review.htm

    http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/artists/artist_quest/famous_artists_reports/samantha.html

    Picasso's father, José Ruiz Blasco, was known as 'The Englishman." Another nickname for him was Don José "el palomero" (the. dove breeder).

    http://fundacionpicasso.malaga.eu/opencms/export/sites/default/fundacionpicasso/portal_en/menu/submenus/seccion0007/documentos/Malaga_Sun_and_Art.pdf

    Dec 09 08, 1:01 PM

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