Pablo Picasso was an artist.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ( The Young Ladies of Avignon , and originally titled The Brothel of Avignon ) is a large oil painting created in 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso ( 1881 -- 1973 ) . Neoclassicism ( from Greek νέος nèos , `` new '' and Latin classicus , `` of the highest rank '' ) is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts , literature , theatre , music , and architecture that draw inspiration from the `` classical '' art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome . Pablo Picasso . Much of Picasso 's work of the late 1910s and early 1920s is in a neoclassical style , and his work in the mid-1920s often has characteristics of Surrealism . The Blue Period ( Período Azul ) is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green , only occasionally warmed by other colors .