Saturday, November 2, 2013
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish painter, who is widely acknowledged to be the most important artist of the 20th century. A long-lived and highly prolific artist, he experimented with a wide range of styles and themes throughout his career. Among Picasso's many contributions to the history of art, his most important include pioneering the modern art movement called Cubism, inventing collage as an artistic technique, and developing assemblage (constructions of various materials) in sculpture.
