Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter, himself, and taught drawing at a local school. Although Pablo attended Fine Art schools, he learned mostly from his father. Pablo would visit the Prado Museum daily. At first, he copied the old masters, trying to imitate their style, however, they would be eventually become the source of ideas for original paintings of his own. In 1907 he began to paint using the Cubist style for which he is well known today. After cubism, Picasso returned to more traditional patterns, known as his Classicist period. After 1927 the Surrealism movement was growing in strength and popularity, influencing Picasso. In 1944, after the liberation of Paris, Picasso joined the Communist Party and became an active participant of the Peace Movement. In 1949, the Paris World Peace Conference adopted a dove created by Picasso as the official symbol of the various peace movements. Pablo Picasso died in 1973 at the age of 92.