Pablo Picasso was an actor.
Pablo Picasso ( [ pɪˈkɑːsoʊ , _ - ˈkæsoʊ ] [ ˈpaβlo piˈkaso ] ; 25 October 1881 -- 8 April 1973 ) was a Spanish painter , sculptor , printmaker , ceramicist , stage designer , poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France . Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ( 1907 ) , and Guernica ( 1937 ) , a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by the German and Italian airforces .