José Ruiz Blasco

José Ruiz Blasco studied at IES Plurilingüe Eusebio da Guarda. Pablo Picca is recorded as having studied under José Ruiz Blasco. The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are Doves and Sunset in the Port of Málaga. Work by José Ruiz Blasco is recorded in the collections of Casa natal de Pablo Ruiz Picasso.

• Born — 12 April 1838 • Birthplace — Málaga, Spain • Occupation — Artist, art teacher • Children — Pablo Picasso, Dolores, Concepción • Died — 3 May 1913 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain

José Ruiz y Blasco was born in Málaga, Spain in 1838 and grew up in a middle-class (semi bourgeois) family. Ruiz y Blasco's father was Diego Ruiz de Almoguera (1798/9-1876), his mother Maria de la Paz Blasco y Echavarria. At 42 years of age, he married María Picasso López (1855–1938), who was 17 years younger than him. The couple had three children; Pablo was born on 25 October 1881, Dolores, who was nicknamed "Lola", was born in 1884, and Concepción, who was nicknamed "Conchita", was born in 1887. When Pablo was 13 years old, Conchita died at the age of seven from diphtheria.

From 1875 to 1890, José Ruiz y Blasco worked as an art teacher at the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes San Telmo. He specialised in still lifes, landscapes, and images of doves and pigeons. He also worked as curator and restorer at the Museo Municipal in Málaga. In 1891 Ruiz y Blasco moved his family to A Coruña and taught at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, and Pablo attended his ornamental drawing classes. Ruiz y Blasco attempted to achieve an income from his paintings, but was unsuccessful. He exhibited his work twice in A Coruña but received lukewarm reviews, which were in contrast to the praise that his son Pablo received for his artwork. As a result, he decided to give up these aspirations. In 1895 he moved to Barcelona and taught at the Escuela de Bellas Artes ("La Lonja").

Ruiz y Blasco died in Barcelona in 1913 at the age of 75.