[WastingMyTime89]

> The myth of Picasso having been a great realistic painter in his youth is exactly that, a myth, and, in fact, one that has only one source, namely Picasso himself.

What? The source of Picasso being a good realistic painter is the paintings Picasso made when he was a teenager of which most have survived. You can see multiple of them at the Picasso museum in Paris or by simply googling it as you point yourself. Science and Charity which he painted at fifteen is in every way a descent classical paintings and Child with dove is a perfectly fine work in the post-impressionist style. It’s not revolutionary like the work he did later but the idea that Picasso is a mediocre painter is so demonstrably false it gets funny.