Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker who revolutionized 20th century art. He's best known for co-founding Cubism with Georges Braque, and for his paintings Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica.Picasso's work is characterized by bold use of color, shape, and form, and often depicts abstract and distorted figures.