PABLO PICASSO
1881 - 1973

Pablo Picasso was a brilliant artist. He was active as a painter, sculptor, and stage designer. Spanish born Pablo decided France was the country to live in. The reason? It had Paris.

Together with co-artist Georges Braque, Picasso became founder of Cubism.

What the heck is Cubism?
Merriam-Webster defines it as "a style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted objects."

Ah!

Cubism started around 1907. Then there was the High Analytic Period (1911-12,) during which the picture below was created. Click the pic to go to its page provided by the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
 

Pablo Picasso, Glass of Absinthe
(Le Verre d'absinthe)
1911