Virtuoso draughtsman, initiator of cubism, surrealist painter, sculptor... Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) has profoundly changed the art of the 20th century. His greatness is explained by his infinite capacity to innovate, to anticipate his contemporaries while dialoguing with the painting of the old masters. From breakthrough to breakthrough, the artist has constantly renewed the relationship of art to reality, to history.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937) are among the most important works of the century. Picasso also embodies a myth: the bohemian artist, the minotaur, the demiurge. Picasso became a star during his lifetime and died at the age of 91. For all these reasons, he is commonly called a genius