Picasso's most famous painting: Les Demoiselles D’Avignon
Picasso is one of the world's greatest painters, the main representative of Western modernist painting and the founder of modern art in the world. Because his artistic achievements were so exceptional, Picasso was voted the top ten greatest painters of the 20th century in a French poll in 1999. His works have many historical implications and often fetch hundreds of millions of dollars at major auctions.