PABLO RUIZ PICASSO (Málaga, 1881–Mougins, 1973). "Drawings by Picasso", 1961. Lithographic poster for the Gaspar room. Signed and dated on the plate. It presents double and yellowish spots on the side. Measurements: 90 x 65 cm. Creator of cubism together with Braque, Picasso began his artistic studies in Barcelona, at the Provincial School of Fine Arts (1895). Just two years later, in 1897, Picasso held his first solo show, at the "ElsQuatreGats" café. Paris was going to become Pablo's great goal and in 1900 he moved to the French capital for a short period of time. Upon returning to Barcelona, he began to Artwork on a series of Artworks in which the influences of all the artists he had met or whose Artwork he had seen were observed. It is a sponge that absorbs everything but retains nothing; you are looking for a personal style. Between 1901 and 1907 the Blue Stage and the Pink Stage were developed, characterized by the use of those colors and by their theme with sordid, isolated figures, with gestures of grief and suffering. The painting of these initial years of the 20th century is undergoing continuous changes and Picasso cannot remain on the sidelines. He was then interested in Cézanne, and based on his example he was going to develop a new pictorial formula together with his friend Braque: cubism. But Picasso did not stop there and in 1912 he practiced collage in painting; from this moment anything goes, the imagination becomes the owner of art. Picasso is the great revolutionary and when all painters are interested in cubism, he is concerned with the classicism of Ingres. The surrealist movement of 1925 did not catch him off guard and, although he did not participate openly, it served as a break with the above, introducing distorted figures into his Artwork with great force and not without rage and fury. As with Goya, Picasso is also greatly influenced by the personal and social situation when Artworking. His relationships with women, often tumultuous, will seriously affect his Artwork. However, what had the greatest impact on Picasso was the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the bombing of Guernica, which led to the creation of the most famous Artwork of contemporary art. Paris was his refuge for a long time, but the last years of his life were spent in the south of France, Artworking in a very personal style, with bright colors and strange shapes. Picasso is represented in the most important museums around the world, such as the Metropolitan, the MOMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the National Gallery in London or the Reina Sofía in Madrid.