PICASSO, PABLO 1881-1973:

1881 TO 1973. PABLO PICASSO WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE WAS A PAINTER, SCULPTOR, PRINTMAKER, DRAUGHTSMAN, CERAMICIST AND DESIGNER. THROUGHOUT HIS LONG WORKING LIFE, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT "PERIOD" HE WAS IN, PICASSO PRODUCED AMAZING GRAPHICS. WETHER IT WAS THE STARK ETCHINGS OF THE EARLY 1900'S, THE LITHOGRAPHS OF THE 1940'S AND 50'S, THE FABULOUSLY COLOURED LINOCUTS OF THE 1960'S OR THE HUGELY IMPORTANT SUITES OF WORK IN THE 1970'S, IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THAT THESE WERE ALL GROUNDBREAKING IMAGES AND STYLES AT THE TIME. PICASSO WAS HUGELY PROLIFIC, PRODUCING OVER 20,000 INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF WORK.