Pablo Ruiz Picasso: painter, graphic artist, sculptor, co-founder of Cubism, and creator of 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' and 'Guernica', two key works of classical modernism. An artist for whom two museums were established during his lifetime and whose white dove became a global symbol of the peace movement. Few superlatives have not been applied to him; his life and work fill hundreds of books. 'The Draughtsman' contains three hundred drawings and graphics by Picasso, as well as three essays on the different periods of his work, a biography covering the years 1881-1973, and a selected bibliography.