" I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. "
The founder of cubism alongside Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso is certainly the foremost artistic figure of the twentieth century. His production, which encompasses painting and drawing as well as sculpture and engraving, revolutionized the artistic landscape of his time, both through its technical and formal innovations, as well as its impressive mass. Picasso uses clay, wood, plaster, and precious metals to create his groundbreaking works. Although he constantly questioned all the heritage of the past, especially at the level of the primitive arts, Picasso is a solitary and culturally autonomous artist. The alternation of violence and gentleness, the sentimental charm, and the insurrectional provocation which characterizes his art finds its origin as well in the vicissitudes of the painter's life as in the deep and mysterious ambiguity of his nature as an artist. By its fruitfulness, the richness of its iconography, the diversity of the techniques which it uses and sometimes invents, the art of Picasso is that of a universal creator. This free spirit has become the absolute model of creative genius for all other artists.