"Les Demoiselles d’Avignon" (1907) by Pablo Picasso is a revolutionary artwork that broke away from traditional artistic conventions. The painting depicts five female figures, whose forms are fragmented and distorted, influenced by Iberian sculpture and African masks. The radical simplification of the figures and the flat, geometric planes of the composition prefigure Cubism, a movement that Picasso would go on to co-found. The work was initially met with controversy for its bold and unconventional approach to the human figure, but it has since come to be recognized as a seminal work of modern art.
