The book "Picasso" - a biography of an outstanding artist of the XX century . It presents all stages of the artist's life, the origins of various trends in his work and analyzes the motives that prompted the artist to change styles throughout his creative life. A great place is occupied by a description of the artist's personal life .. For the Russian reader, the biography is interesting in that it helps to get rid of a one-sided look at P. Picasso, to see him in all the variety of paintings created by him, to better understand his work and the role of art in general Author of the biography R. Penrose, a writer and artist, met Picasso in 1936 at the International Exhibition of Surrealism in London, where their friendship began, which lasted almost 40 years, until the death of Picasso. Penrose wrote 10 monographs about Picasso.