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Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso(Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de losRemedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso; 25October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor,printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of hisadult life in France.
As one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20thcentury, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, theinvention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage,and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop andexplore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist LesDemoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal ofthe German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his earlyyears, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood andadolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century, his stylechanged as he experimented with different theories, techniques, andideas. His revolutionary, artistic accomplishments brought himuniversal renown and immense fortune, making him one of thebest-known figures in 20th-century art.