Pablo Picasso

1881 - 1973

Pablo Picasso is famous as the founder of an art movement called Cubism. War and peace were frequent subjects of his paintings. He is credited with introducing the dove and olive branch as the symbol for peace.

Picasso's most famous work is probably his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica, Spain. This large canvas embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war. A Nazi officer is supposed to have come to his door brandishing a postcard and demanding, 'Did you do this?' 'No,' Picasso supposedly replied, 'you did.'

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