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Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain, on 25 October 1881 and died in Mougins, France, on 8 April 1973. Picasso was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and set designer . Pablo Picasso and Georges Barque founded Cubism together. Picasso's two famous paintings were Guernica and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. He was even considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. ("Pablo Picasso." 2011. Biography.com. May 30, 2011, 06:10 http://www.biography.com/articles/Pablo -Picasso-9440021.)Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, July 27, 1947. Gertrude Stein was an American novelist, poet, feminist, and playwright. In his free time he collected works of art and thus began to meet Pablo Picasso. He bought most of his paintings and in a way it became his source of income when he was an emerging artist. He even painted a portrait of her. Gertrude Stein was very popular for her work on The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, which was actually about her autobiography and when she met her lover, Alice Toklas. (Gertrude Stein." Web. 30 May 2011. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gstein)Ford Madox Ford was born in Merton, Surrey, on 17 December 1873 and died in Deauville, France, on 26 June . 1939. Ford was a novelist, poet, literary critic, editor and even considered one of the founders of English modernism. Ford founded The Transatlantic Review, where he published works by Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, E. E. Cummings and Jean Rhys (" Ford Madox Ford". Web. 30 May 2011. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fford.htm.) Ford Madox Brown. was born in Calalis, France, on 16 April 1821 and died in London on 6 October 1893. Brown was a painter of mor...... middle of paper ......Online Discuss.." The Literature Network: Classic literature online, poems and quotes. Essays and summaries. Web. May 30, 2011..) Mary Wollstonecraft was born in Spitalfields, London, on April 27, 1759 and died on September 10, 1797. Wollstonecraft was a British writer, philosopher and advocate of women's rights. His daughter, Mary Shelley, is also a writer. Her best work is Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), and her influence went beyond a huge contribution to feminism, especially in the 20th century, when women wanted equality. Mary Wollstonecraft is also remembered for extending the shaping art of travel writing into a literary genre and having an impact on the Romantic movement. ("Mary Wollstonecraft (StanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy)."StanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy.Web. May 30 2011.