Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) was born in Malaga, Spain, and died in Mougins, France.
Picasso was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, sculptor and engraver who used all media in his work. He is considered one of the founders of Cubism, along with Georges Braque, and a fellow artist of Surrealism. He is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, as much for his technical and formal contributions as for his political stance.
He produced almost 50,000 works, including 1,885 paintings, 1,228 sculptures, 2,880 ceramics, 7,089 drawings, 342 tapestries, 150 sketchbooks and 30,000 prints (etchings, lithographs, etc.)4. His most famous works include the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), a dramatic depiction of the bombing of Guernica on 26 April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.