Pablo Picasso was an artist.
Guernica is a mural-sized oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed in June 1937 , at his home on Rue des Grands Augustins , in Paris . 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 ) . 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 .