International Artist Day marked on October 25, Pablo Picasso's birthday

International Artist Day is observed on October 25 every year to honour artists around the world. The day is dedicated to those who fill the world with colour through art, give words and melody to emotions and keep culture alive. It is celebrated with great enthusiasm across the world.

Painters and musicians, writers and actors, sculptors and other artists enrich human life and society in their own ways. The day is a reminder that art is not merely a means of entertainment but an expression of the human spirit.

The history of how the day came to be observed is quite interesting. In 2004, the well-known Canadian painter Chris MacClure founded the day. MacClure is known for paintings in the Romantic Realism style. His aim was that the effort and imagination of artists should receive due recognition and that art lovers in society could come together. With this thinking, he laid the foundation of the initiative.

There is a particular reason behind the choice of October 25. It is the birthday of Pablo Picasso, one of the world's greatest and most influential painters. To honour Picasso's major contribution to the world of art, October 25 was fixed as the day for artists on the occasion of his birth anniversary. Since then, the day has been marked every year in many countries through art exhibitions, workshops and cultural programmes.

Art is not bound by any one sphere or boundary. It offers hundreds of ways to express human feelings. From painting, music, dance, literature, acting and sculpture to digital art and photography in today's digital age, artists in all these fields make the world beautiful with their skill.

Whether painters who spread colour on canvas or sculptors who shape stone into lifelike figures, they preserve the history of human culture. The journey from ancient cave paintings to today's murals bears witness to the power of painting.