Picasso

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) became a classic, as well as a legend, in his own lifetime. He is widely acknowledged to be the leading figure in twentieth-century art. From the blue and cubist periods onwards, his imaginative effort was central to the development of the new artistic age. This self-styled "painter without a style" dazzled the world by his inventive genius and technical virtuosity, constantly developing his work by mysterious process of spontaneous change which owed nothing to rules. Mario de Micheli's study of Picasso's achievements and personality reveals one of the most perennially fascinating figures in the history of art.