Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and well-documented artists of the twentieth century. Picasso, unlike most painters, is even more special because he did not confine himself to canvas, but also produced sculpture, poetry, and ceramics in profusion. Picasso painted for himself, as a release from the pressures of his society and as a way to express his thoughts and problems in tangible form. “My work is like a diary”, he would say to biographers and journalists (Mcdonald 7). For this reason, the events happening around the time of any of Picasso’s work must be understood before the true meaning of any