A Life of Picasso (Vol. 1) ()
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From to , John Richardson lived near Picasso in France and was a friend of the artist. With a view to writing a biography, the acclaimed art historian kept a diary of their meetings. After Picasso's death, his widow Jacqueline collaborated in the preparation of this work, giving Richardson access to Picasso's studio and papers.
Volume one of this extraordinary biography establishes the complexity of Picasso's Spanish roots; his aversion to his native Malaga and his passion for Barcelona and Catalan "modernisme". Richardson introduces new material on the artist's early training in religious art; re-examines old legends to provide fresh insights into the artistic failures of Picasso's father as an impetus to his sons's triumphs; and includes portraits of Apollinaire, Max Jacob and Gertrude Stein, who made up "The Picasso Gang" in Paris during the "Blue" and "Rose" periods.
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Vintage Digital
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A Life of Picasso
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A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years,
Drawing on exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, John Richardson has produced the long-awaited third volume of the definitive biography, full of original, groundbreaking new insights into Picasso's life and work. His lively and incisive analysis of the work meshes seamlessly with the rich and detailed narrative of this complex and sensual life. The Triumphant Years reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and are tumultuous years, Picasso torn between marital respectability with Olga, the Russian ballerina who was his first wife, and the erotic passion of his mistress, Marie-Therese. Rome and Naples would inspire the classicism in Picasso's work of the early twenties and Richardson reveals how the mercurial, witty Cocteau introduced him to the aristocratic and artistic world of Paris, including the de Noailles art patrons who backed the surrealist films of Bunuel and Dali. Picasso was amused by Tristan Tzara and the Dadaists but resisted the advan
Loving Picasso: The Private Journal of Fernande Olivier
Loving Picasso brings Olivier's memoirs to life with archival photographs, reproductions of her own artwork, paintings for which she modeled before she met Picasso, and a selection of superb portraits of her by Picasso himself. A foreword and notes by Picasso scholar Marilyn McCully set the journal and letters in context, and an epilogue by distinguished art historian and Picasso biographer John Richardson tells the story of Olivier's life after her final breakup with Picasso.
Author Biography: Marilyn McCully has published many books and articles on Picasso, and has organized exhibitions of the artist's work, most recently "Picasso: Pain
A life of Picasso
Subject:Picasso biography written by saint
Came to read about Picasso's art; got a lesson in the author's political opinions. Modern biographers can't stop inserting themselves and their opinions into the lives of the people they write about.
I was interested in Picasso's art and if necessary, Picasso's political opinions, if they informed me about his art. Picasso turned Communist in the s, at the same time Stalin was murdering thousands of his own countrymen in communist Russia, so should I respect Picasso's political opinions? He was a great artist, not a political thinker. He sympathized with the poor, but, like most artists, he was easily led into easy-sounding solutions to complicated problems he knew nothing about. Most artists have political opinions, but few know what they are talking about. Picasso was definitely not a proletarian, he grew up in an upper-middle-class family, hung out with the sons of the well-to-do, sponged off the rich, wore nice clothes and carried a cane, bought himself out of the draft and was extremely tight with his money all his life.
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