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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907, Spanish. Oil on canvas. 20.3 x 19 cm. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (http://www.moma.org); licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, New York, NY; acquired through the Lille P. Bliss bequest. Copyright © 2003 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society, New York, NY.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain, where his father was a painting teacher, he died in Mougins, France, on April 8, 1973. Easily the most enigmatic (and most talked about) painter of the 20th century, Picasso is also one of the most puzzling of all time. He is described universally as a prodigy, but there the agreement ends. When critics and historians (and the public) tried to be more specific, they ended in opposing camps: he was, for example, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

M. Therese Southgate, MD