Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer. Born in Spain but spent most of his adult life in France. Picasso is mostly known for co-founding the Cubist movementA. mong his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937).