In 1917, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) designed sets and costumes in the Cubist style for three Diaghilev ballets, all with choreography by Léonide Massine: Parade (1917, music by Erik Satie), El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) (1919, music by Manuel de Falla), and Pulcinella (1920, music by Igor Stravinsky).
Although the Ballets Russes firmly established the 20th-century tradition of fine art theatre design, the company was not unique in its employment of fine artists.