Having made a passion of visiting virtually every Picasso museum/gallery in Europe (and some outside Europe as well...not that I'm hooked on Picasso but just over art in general) I think the man was a superb artist. True, his style changed from the the almost classical at 12-16 years old many times over his long life but I would call that evolution rather than being formulaic. I've also watched some videos of him working and, with a few simple brushstrokes in a few minutes or seconds, he managed to capture the true essence of the subject.

With art as with music, it's hard to have a favourite as there are so many good artists (just came back from an exhibition this afternoon of 30 or so relatively unknown artists and some of the work was truly astoundingly good) and everything is in the eye of the viewer and how they interpret the work. A bit like a good writer and how the reader interprets the words and the response they evoke I suppose. As with music too.

Peace

moo (old art fart)