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 **     Pablo Picasso: The Father of Neo-Expressionism!**        Pablo Picasso was famous for experimenting with his artwork and throughout his life he went through many stages during which he tried numerous painting styles; he had an undeniable zeal for his work. Unfortunately, as he grew older he became more and more reclusive. This reclusive existence intensified after Picasso underwent surgery for a prostate condition in 1965. This was a serious life change for Picasso, to whom sexual adventure was very important. To cope with his condition he devoted all of his energy to his artwork. Between 1968 and 1971 he produced a flood of paintings that were all extremely expressive and colorful and much more daring than his previous works. During that time people dismissed these paintings as the messy work of an artist who was past his prime. One of his long time admirers, Douglas Cooper went as far as to say they were "the incoherent scribblings of a frenetic old man in the antechamber of death". About a decade later, after Picasso’s death, did people finally see that he had discovered Neo-Expressionism, and that all of his later works fit with the movement that had just started. Once again Picasso had been ahead of his time. 