Pablo Picasso
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
In 1907, Picasso dropped a bomb on the art world. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon wasn’t just a painting of five women — it was a direct assault on everything art was supposed to be. Gone were the soft curves and elegant proportions of classical beauty. Instead, Picasso gave us jagged lines, fractured bodies, and faces inspired by African masks. It was art stripped down and rebuilt, primal and unapologetic.