Pablo Picasso

1881-1973

Picasso reshaped modern art through constant reinvention, moving from melancholy figuration to Cubism, collage, sculpture, and politically charged painting. His work challenged the idea that a picture should offer one stable point of view, breaking forms apart and rebuilding them as something more fractured, restless, and modern. Even across radically different periods, his art remains driven by invention, intensity, and a refusal to let form become fixed or comfortable.