Picasso finds inspiration in an unlikely setting and changes art forever. He also finds his first muse, then his second... and then his third - leaving a trail of suffering behind him.

Artwork:

Family of Acrobats with Monkey, Pablo Picasso (1905)

Portrait of Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso (1905-6)

The Young Ladies of Avignon, Pablo Picasso (1906)

Olga in an Armchair, Pablo Picasso (1917)

The Dream, Pablo Picasso (1932)

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