When Pablo Picasso was living in Mougins, on the French Riviera, he asked his friend Mariano Miguel Montanes to live with him and serve as his secretary. From that time on, Miguel became not only an assistant but a true confidante of the great painter. Thanks to MontanesŐ journal, we are able to enter for the first time the day-to-day life of the most important artist of the 20th century, glimpsing the energy, generosity, and true originality of the Great Master.