Pablo Picasso: "Femme (Époque des 'demoiselles d'Avignon')" (1907), limited reproduction

About Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 - Century artist from Spain "Painting is stronger than me; it forces me to do what it wants." (Pablo Picasso) At the age of 12 he was able to paint like Raffael, at 20 no university professor was able to convey to him more great knowledge of art. When Pablo Picasso died at the age of 91, he left the world a total work of over 40,000 work - and the certainty that he was the most important artist of the 20th century. Pablo Ruiz Picasso could be encouraged by every material and every technology to create new works of art: wax chalk, oil on canvas, silk, sculptures, ceramics - the versatility of the great Spaniard was overwhelming. Picasso's artist colleague Max Ernst once said: "... Nobody can arrive against him, he's genius." This judgment of the great surrealist underlines the unique rank that Picasso takes in the art history of the 20th century. The auction of the estate of Picasso's long -standing partner Dora Maar was the great Paris auction event of the late century. The collection that is second to none achieved maximum prices. The demand for Picasso's drawings was particularly high, which far blew up the framework of the estimates. Dora Maar once said about Picasso: "When women change in his life, everything else changes, the house, favorite poet, the circle of friends, the style." Throughout his life, he was looking for new expression with a wide variety of artistic means. Even today, top -class exhibitions all over the world achieve record visitors that testify to its unbroken popularity.