P rodigy son of a drawing master, he begins experimenting early and always remains a versatile artist who easily passes from classical Ingres-like style to novelty. Picasso produces many and varied works. He passes from a blue to a pink period, before proposing cubism and he is not indifferent to symbolism . W hatever his other achievements, the main movement for which Picasso is credited is Cubism. Cubism appears as a developpement on Cezanne' s research on form, as a reconnaissance of the artistic value of African art and the possibilities it offers to renew occidental art.
Cubism soon splits into analytical cubism , synthetic cubism and finally Orphic cubism .