Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. He is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, known for co- founding the Cubist movement, inventing constructed sculpture, and co- inventing collage. His artistic career included several distinct periods such as the Blue Period, Rose Period, African-influenced Period, Analytic Cubism, and Synthetic Cubism. Some of his most famous works include "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907) and the anti-war painting "Guernica" (1937), which depicts the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso was a remarkably prolific artist, with over 13,000 paintings and drawings to his name, and he achieved worldwide fame and immense fortune for his revolutionary contributions to modern art.
