Pablo Ruiz Picasso, born October 25, 1881 in Malaga (Andalusia, Spain) and died April 8, 1973 in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes, France), is a Spanish painter, draftsman, sculptor and engraver[1] having spent most of his life in France.
An artist using all media for his work, he is considered one of the founders of Cubism with Georges Braque and an art companion of Surrealism. He is one of the most important artists of the 20th century, both for his technical and formal contributions and for his political positions.
He produced nearly 50,000 works including 1,885 paintings, 1,228 sculptures, 2,880 ceramics, 7,089 drawings, 342 tapestries, 150 sketchbooks and 30,000 prints (engravings, lithographs, etc.).
Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), a dramatic depiction of the bombing of Guernica on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.
