Picasso

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and draftsman, widely regarded as one of the foremost visual artists of the 20th century. He spent most of his life in France and is known as the co-founder of Cubism alongside Georges Braque. Picasso also invented constructed sculpture and collage, exploring and developing a variety of artistic styles.

Among his most famous works are "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907), a landmark Cubist painting, and "Guernica" (1937), a powerful depiction of the German bombing of the Spanish town during the Spanish Civil War.

Picasso demonstrated artistic talent from a young age, painting realistically throughout his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century, his style evolved through experiments with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His work is typically classified into periods, with the most widely accepted being: the Blue Period (1901-1904), the Rose Period (1904-1906), the African Period (1907-1909), Analytical Cubism (1909-1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912-1919).

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