Pablo Ruiz Picasso Was A Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramicist, And Theatre Designer Editorial Image

He was born in Malaga, Spain, and is probably best known as the founder of Cubism together with George Braque. During his long life, however, he produced a wide and varied body of work, of which the best known are the works from the Blue Period, where the central figures are moving acrobats, harlequins, prostitutes, beggars and artists. He is known as the co-founder of Cubism, but also of other directions that he helped to develop and discover. His most famous cubist works are the Avignon ladies - 1907 (Les Demoiselles d'Avignon) and Guernica - 1937 (Guernica) a depiction of the German bombed Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. For many, this large canvas embodies the inhumanity, brutality and desperation of war. The painting of the painting was captured in a series of photographs by Picasso's most famous lover, Dora Maar, who was herself an acclaimed artist.