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Picasso once said, "It is my misfortune--and probably my delight--to use things as my passions tell me." And so he did, throughout his long life, across a stylistically pluralist oeuvre in which his amorous life could be traced through the lines of women's faces. For Picasso always used his lovers as his models (or his models as his lovers, depending on your point of view), and Marie-Thérèse Walter was no exception. Picasso met the 17 year old in 1927, and she soon became his favorite model and muse, as well as his secret lover. Over the next ten years, Picasso intensified his sculptural and graphic work, stylistically ranging between classical and surrealist, went through an acrimonious and unsuccessful divorce with his wife Olga, and fathered a daughter named Maya with Marie-Thérèse, who lived in vain that one day Picasso would marry her. She hanged herself after his death. This publication, which features a multi-disciplinary selection of masterpieces by the artist, is the second in a series devoted to Picasso and Women; The Time with Françoise Gilot was published last year.Essay by Markus Müller.Hardcover, 9 x 10.5 in. / 240 pgs / 160 b&w. ... Read more

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Picasso met Fran oise Gilot, the young French student who was to become his muse and favorite model, while waiting out the war years in Paris. She appeared again and again in his works of the 1940s and 50s, often with her face stylized to recall the sun or a plant. It was also during this period--known as his Pariode Fran oise--that Picasso employed a cheerful palette not seen before in his work. His concurrent interest in the motifs of Mediterranean antiquity and mythology, from dancing centaurs to music-making fauns, is attributed to a stay in the Cap d'Antibes on the Cute d'Azur in 1946. In this volume, internationally recognized French and German Picasso scholars consider the different facets of the artist's work during this period. Rich illustrations illuminate the connections between the motifs of his paintings and sculptural and graphic work. Also included are reproductions of Fran oise Gilot's own work, thus allowing entry into the artistic dialogue that occurred between Picasso and his young partner, who separated from him in 1953. ... Read more

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Packed with juicy gossip and lurid sexual details, this is the explosive bestselling biography of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of our time. This controversial expose reveals in shocking detail the torments and passions of a man in love with life and art. Picasso has already spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is a BOMC featured selection. Includes 32 rare personal photos. HC: Simon & Schuster. (Nonfiction) ... Read more

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Picasso:Creator and Destroyer
There is only one of Picasso's works of art that I have ever liked.In the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, there is a charcoal on paper of a human foot that was ready to leap from the wall.Having seen that, I was so excited to see the other works in that museum, only to be disappointed. Of all the works that I have seen, that foot is it.I wanted to understand why he is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century, so I read several books, including this biography by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington.I learned that Picasso was an unhappy, manipulative, cruel, lying, unfaithful, cheap man who lead a circus of a life.His life was his work of art.Kudos to Franciose Gilot for making her own life and fighting for the rights of her children.I found this book informative and useful.

Bias but delicious
This book gives the wider vision of Picasso to people who don't know him more than the cubiclism painting.
The author loves and hates him in the same time, this idea can pass through the readers. I'm not considering it's totally bias opinion but I guess if you did interview everybody around Picasso, you might write the same book as Arianna.

Very interesting book and I'm not disappointed by it.

Picasso- Creator and Destroyer
Fine reading;the best biographical work on Picasso. Fair review of his multi-facetted life and personality. A portraitwritten with great psychological depth, flair, knowledge of the arts and fascinating insights and comments from those who knew him.
Ariana Stassinopoulos' balancedstory of both his weaknesses and strengths is a ''must read''.

Bad Man Great Artist?
"Picasso" by Arianna Huffington is a very thorough book that can probably be skipped, except possibly by those with an intense interest in Picasso's personal life. For the rest of us it is sufficient to know that Picasso had no friends or family, just groupies (many of whom were family) throughout his life, and, to a person, he treated them despicably. For example, he usually had several women at a time who each worshiped him. He would play them off against each other, often openly and in public, seemingly in an attempt to provoke jealous rage, murder, depression, or suicide (he succeeded grandly at all except for murder, but his best friend took care of that one for him). He found ways to treat the male groupies with equal misery. But, soap operas should last thirty minutes at most. This book goes relentlessly on and on for 500 pages determined to prove that Picasso did not take one decent breath in his whole entire long life.At a certain point the reader begins to wonder that "thou dost protest too much."So then how did he come to be hailed as the genius of the 20th Century; as the man who showed us what our world really was or at least what it really looked like? The answer to this question is somewhat complex. The easiest part of it is that he was like a human camera. He could paint exactly what he saw as if he were a camera, and, he could paint any impression of what he saw, better than any human being alive. He was half way home on that talent alone, meaningless though it may have been. After all, if you can throw a ball better than anyone you are halfway home too. But Picasso's subject was, seemingly, important; one that intellectuals were interested in. Hence if he could capture their imaginations and somehow add their imprimatur to his painting talent the world would be at his feet, where he always felt it belonged.
Picasso hung out in Paris with many of the world's leading intellectuals. He even wrote a play called "Desire Caught By the Tail" directed by Albert Camus in which Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir acted. The play was about 10 pages long and nothing more than a series of bizarre scenes similar to what might have appeared in his painting. When Picasso commented about literature he said "it seems many writers want to be painters" apparently not knowing that the descriptions of visual objects in literature are often mere back drops for the infinitely larger conceptual themes with which language artists deal. He really didn't seem to understand that there was more in the world than pictures. His friend Sartre, a legitimate genius, set the record straight about the essential triviality of pictures in "What is Literature" when he said, "even when Picasso attempted to approach the real world with "Guernica" does anyone think he changed even a single mind with that painting"? And this was before the visual world was forever trivialized by, affordable travel, cameras, video cameras, TV, and film. We don't need a great painter anymore to create "The Last Supper" and by his choices tell us about the true nature of Jesus.
It did turn out though that the tyrannical and confused little painter did have something in common with the leading existentialist avant guard intellectuals of his day, namely, they all wanted us to see the world differently. The intellectuals because the world of physics had correctly foreshadowed today's confused world of string theory and because philosophy had foreshadowed the concomitant shift from the certain, well defined world of God to the confused existential world of man. Picasso too wanted us to see the world differently not because he was a physicist or philosopher but because 1) he was so hopelessly neurotic that he did see the world differently as any sick person does and 2) he realized he had to paint differently to develop a reputation as a different and great painter. The intellectuals were happy to use Picasso because his technically ingenious but neurotically confusing paintings did help loosen our grip on old realities. Picasso in turn was happy to use their imprimatur of change to normalize his neurosis and to falsely give philosophical meaning to his immense skill at meaningless painting. That he encouraged us toward misogyny and/or other of his gruel narcissistic indulgences did not matter; it was change, and that was what the intellectuals wanted most. The public really had no idea what was going on as Picasso's legend grew and grew to newer and newer heights of irrationality. Today, Picasso's reputation seems mostly in the hands of art owners, museums, and curators all of whom profit in Picasso's on going and growing legend. This summer's hugely successful Picasso/Matisse exhibit at MOMA , for example, drew 100s of thousands of adoring fans. Curators raved at the point, counter point genius of the two artists; everyone made money, had fun, and wished they too could free their troubled souls and enlighten the world by creating great art, but not a word was ever said about the emperor having no clothes.
Norman Mailer, who was taken seriously as the greatest living writer and thinker, is a great fan of Picasso and has written adoringly and extensively about him; so perhaps his view is worth comparing to Huffington's? He and Picasso had things in common: both were diminutive technical genius who gained public adoration and hugely deformed egos at a very early age. Mailer stabbed one of his early wives and clearly behaved a lot like Picasso, and perhaps for many of the same reasons, although he matured as he aged whereas Picasso did not. His portrait of Picasso as a young man tends to be purely forgiving. The idea that internal struggle, suffering, depression, angst, turmoil, and general soap opera leads to great, honest, revolutionary art apparently still lives in Mailer's soul. After all, what can an artist create if not the manifestation of tremendous inner turmoil and growth?
Mailer forgives Picasso for everything because it was all to produce "great art." Sadly, the idea that the traditional, formulaic, hypocritical, country club Republican mentality would be replaced by the existential soap opera playing out in the communist souls of Picasso, Mailer, and French intellectuals seems more a joke today than anything else. So in the end, Huffington is quite right about Picasso, although she doesn't address the meaning of Picasso's art at all, except in so far as she ruthlessly cuts his foundation away.

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this book is totally Anti-Picasso, she hardly touches his Art her only concern is ripping him apart. ... Read more

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Picasso's "one-liners" constitute a small but delightfulcontribution to the artist's great body of drawings.His preeminenceas a draughtsman has long been recognized, but the unique nature ofhis one-liners has never been fully examined, or collected together ina single volume.Picasso's One-Liners, featuring 50 of the drawings,offers a fascinating look at this whimsical side of Picasso's work.

Defined simply, one-liners are drawings in which the artist's drawingimplement touches the paper and is not lifted until the drawing isfinished.Picasso worked this way in a variety of media, includingpencil, pen and ink, brush, even light crayon.His subjects includedharlequins, musicians, circus scenes, and animals.Each drawing isworth careful study, for by following the vibrant line closely, one'seyes take a wonderful roller-coaster ride.

Along with the one-liner drawings are similarly direct "one-liner"quotes taken from Picasso's writings, which provide further insightinto the artist's creative process.The introduction, by arthistorian Susan Grace Galassi, examines the special nature of thesegraphic tours-de-force and their place in his drawings. ... Read more

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Amazon's False Advertising
I ordered this from Amazon two months before Christmas as a gift, and was told that it would arrive on time. Amazon later informed me that the book would not arrive until February. When February finally came, they sent an email to say that I would not be receiving the book at all because they could not find a copy of it anywhere.

Amazon is showing this item for sale but does NOT have it available -- don't waste your time ordering from here!

(By the way, the book is absolutely wonderful, as I have been fortunate enough to read through it before; I would give the book itself 5 stars but Amazon 1 star for false advertising. Hence, 4 stars.)

Picasso's lesser known drawings
This little book consists of Picasso's pen and ink drawings that he completed with one line (never picking the pen up off of the paper.Matadors, bulls and harlequins are among the subject matter of the drawings.There are occaional quotes interspersed throughout the book.This a cute little book that would make a fun gift for a Picasso fan.

Delightful!
This little book is a real joy, and it should have a wide appeal.Seeing what vital fun Picasso can have by putting his pen down on the paper for just one long line is a great way to enter into what drawing and art are all about.In my opinion, this book makes a great gift--though small, it is unlike many "coffee table books" people are always giving, in that the quantity of sheer fun on every page (also through Picasso's verbal one-liners) keeps beckoning you to open it up, the way you might put a favorite CD on the stereo.A great little book full of artistic delight! ... Read more

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Pablo Picasso , father of Cubism, painter of 'Guernica', but chiefly an artist of 'Eros and Tanathos': women, bullfights, culinary pleasure, the sun and the sea. A gifted man, thoroughly down to Earth, and blessed with an indomitable lust for life. With half of his career already behind him and at the peak of his fame, he began working in clay. The sensuality and pliability of the material made the Master passionate for the medium. In barely ten years he modelled, scratched, indented and distorted to create an extensive body of ceramic work. This book reveals how Picasso conjured up animals, women, flowers and entire bull-fighting arenas out of plates, pitchers, vases and dishes. Each subject depicted on canvas or paper now appeared in clay, but even more intense as he already saw a female form in the vase itself, or a face in a plate, or a sun-drenched arena in a dish. Ceramic is Picasso in 3D - painting and sculpture come together. The illusion of the flat plane dissolves into the three-dimensiona ... Read more

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Tells the story of Pablo Picasso as he grows through his early days as an artist, his discovery of cubism, and his later years of sculpture and painting to become a famous artist. ... Read more

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Picasso was first attracted to the work of sixteenth-century Spanish poet Luis de Gongora y Argote during the 1920s, when the poet, called "the father of modern poetry" by Federico Garcia Lorca, was resurrected by the Surrealists. Gongora is comprised of twenty sonnets by the poet, which Pablo Picasso wrote out in hand and further embellished with flourishes, figures and sketches. The artist also rendered twenty portraits to accompany these poems. The result is a blending of word and image, full of imaginary variety and exceptional artistic virtuosity. This bilingual edition of Gongora, featuring a preface by award-winning poet Edward Hirsch and an introduction by former New York Times chief art critic John Russell, presents this intimate union of art and poetry.

Gongora's sophisticated and complex poetic style inspired a school of literature, called "culteranismo," influenced by his expressive power, unrestrained by the strict conventions of formal Spanish. Known for his sharp wit and self-satire, he was acutely aware of the irony in his passion for women and gambling, and his position as a deacon of the Catholic Church. In Gongora, Picasso's handwritten Spanish text, with its embellishing remarques closely following the words, established the artist's personal attachment to the poetry. The rich presentation of images—described as a "veritable feminine kaleidoscope"—invites the natural comparison with the great Spanish portraitists Velasquez and El Greco, who were Gongora's contemporaries.

This edition of Gongora will appeal to a broad audience and expose a new generation of readers to the lyrical brilliance of this groundbreaking Spanish poet and to the visual interpretation of his famous admirer. Picasso's etchings, executed in drypoint and aquatint, demonstrate an extraordinary ability to master the elements of light and shade to create rich, sensuous and mysterious effects. Perhaps Picasso's finest graphic accomplishment, Gongora is a memorable visual and literary experience. 40 duotone illustrations. ... Read more

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Gongora Book
This is an excellent reference book for those who are familiar with the Picasso artworks and want to find an English translation of each sonnet that Gongora wrote.I had researched via the internet for the translations of these 20 poems, but came up empty, until I received this exquisite book.A beautiful formatted book with large text and the Picasso artworks are the same size as the original aquatint etchings.A Must for all Picasso collectors and art/literature appreciators.It has helped me tremendous in my art field.

Gongora - Poetry Comes to Life
It is a pleasure to review a book that combines the beauty of the artisticword with the elegance of the artist's hand. In this beautiful work, thereader immerses himself in the translations of the sonnets of Luis deGongora y Argote and portraits by Pablo Picasso.A copy of each sonnet,rewritten by Picasso is dramatically seen withportraits andembellishments. The book is reproduced to scale and a must for lovers ofthe arts. ... Read more

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Forty years ago, the first time anyone thought to consider Picasso's theatrical work as a unified portfolio, Jean Cassou, then the Director of the Musee d'Arte Moderne in Paris, observed that the work occupied "a great place in his career. His whole genius, his entire work, including his still lifes, have a theatrical character." In his early years, Picasso discovered the theater as a source of inspiration and motifs. His subjects frequently came from carnivals and vaudeville, and he reveled in the conventions of commedia dell'arte figures such as the Harlequin and Pierrot. This fascination was not only reflected in the motifs of Picasso's countless paintings and drawings: Beginning in 1917, he began working intensively with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, creating his now-famous sets and costumes for the troupe. For Picasso, the stage proved to be an extraordinarily fertile ground, and performance the subject of ever more paintings and sculptures. Picasso and the Theatre features over 80 works dating between 1900 and 1930, and taps an elemental passion of this universally revered artist. ... Read more

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Theatre during the Art Revolution
In the early part of the 20th century, art underwent a series of wide-ranging experiments in abstraction and structure, and among the leading innovators was Picasso. Everything was open for challenge, and music and theatre were not immune. One of the significant and strangest multidisciplinary endeavors of the era was the union of Erik Satie's music with Picasso's costume and stage design, Leonide Massine's choreography, and Jean Cocteau's conception and script in the ballets "Parade" and "Mercure" performed by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. [Since the 1970s, the Joffrey Ballet troupe revived as part of its repertoire "Parade" in its original form; it remains a stunning, unique work.] Picasso also was involved in ballets of Stravinsky and de Falla's Sombrero de Tres Picos [Le Tricorne].

This book, which I received as hard cover (the paperback description may be incorrect), is an outgrowth of a gallery exhibition that examined Picasso's interest in theatre and circus characters, such as the Harlequin of the Commedia dell'Arte and acrobats, his collaboration in theatre productions, and aspects of drama, music, and dance in his subsequent art. Richly illustrated with 251 illustrations, 192 in color, the book is bilingual in English and German presented as side by side columns. Six informative essays comprise the text whose themes are Artists and Saltimbanques; Cubism and the Stage; Return to Spain; Picasso and the Ballets Russes; Picasso Plays Picasso; and Reinventing the Classical. The figures include costume design studies, his line portraits of other artists and musicians, set designs, related paintings and sculpture, and photographs. This is a top quality edition in reproduction, text, and area focus, and will be of interest to historians and students of theatre and of art. I find it fascinating throughout. ... Read more

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This text offers an examination of the work that Picasso produced in the print medium, and aims to provide an understanding of some of his most significant themes and ideas. The numerous etchings, lithographs, linocuts, engravings and aquatints that he produceed throughout his career illustrate many of the themes central to his artistic vision. This book presents a selection of the artist's prints - works drawn from the collection of German art historian Dr Peter Ludwig. Aldo Crommelynck, the only printmaker still alive to have worked with Picasso, contributes an essay on the artist's original printmaking techniques. The book also focuses on Picasso's iconography, and examines the work from the perspective of recent intellectual currents. ... Read more

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Pablo Picasso once said, "If there's something to be stolen, I steal it." Few artists have helped themselves as liberally from the treasures of bygone art. His own legacy is scarcely paralleled in its scope and diversity. Our study of Picasso, the most exhaustive record of his work to date, contains almost 1500 illustrations - from his earliest drawings to the master's very last painting. ... Read more

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Good Pictures
Good book for the price. A little over the top in terms of praising Picasso. Good quality images.

Excellent condition and very speedy delivery!
First, I was amazed and delighted to receive my order so quickly (in 2 days!)! Both books are in excellent condition as per the description on-line. I am very satisfied to have paid such a reasonable price for two fantastic books, filled with good quality photos of Picasso's artwork and interesting text and comments about his life. I definitely trust the Amazon team comments and recommendations for their "Used" books section!

Excellent little reference book
I bought this book to research Picasso and his artwork.It gave me so much information, not only about his artwork, but also about the genius behind the artwork, and his influences. There are sections of Picasso's drawings, graphic art, and scultures, which I never knew much about. The book contains a timeline of Picasso's life and all the major events that influenced his art and techniques. This is an interesting book with many sketches, scuptures, and 56 color images of Picasso's work. Although there are many pictures, I felt that some key pieces were left out of the book. Other than that, I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to know interesting facts behind the genius of the century.

Excellent value

(A review of the papeback editon)

The two volume book is arranged in seventeen chapters concluding with a considerable Chronology illustrated with numerous black and white pictures, mostly photographs with many of the artist, Notes, a Bibliography which includes exhibition catalogues, and a rather brief (one page) Index of Names.

The opening Chapter reminds us of the stature of the man, and of his prodigious output; briefly summarising his career. The subsequent Chapters chronicle Picasso's progress starting with his childhood efforts, through the Blue and Rose Periods, Cubism, "Guernica" to mention just a few and concluding with "The Legend of the Artist". It is intelligently written, accessible and makes very interesting reading. The illustrations run with the text and are usually within a page or two of the relevant reference.

Produced in two paperback volumes in a cardboard slipcase Taschen's 25 anniversary edition is an impressive effort. It is superbly illustrated throughout with approaching 1,500 images mainly in colour but with a few back and white (usually drawings or photographs). The smallest pictures are just thumbnails, the largest full page and the occasional double page spread, with every size between; but there are plenty of good sized pictures with whole sections of colour plates, it certainly makes an impressive array. Overall the pictures far outweigh the text.

At such good value for money it is hard to be critical of this two volume set, but I fear I have two concerns. Firstly the Index seems wholly inadequate, an Index of Names which amounts to one page; finding a particular painting or anything else might prove difficult. Secondly, while the two volumes come protected in a slipcase, the card covers (paperback edition) to the individual volumes feel very slight; with each approaching 400 pages one feels one has to handle them with great care for fear of damaging the binding. It is however a very worthwhile set, one would be hard pressed to find so many reproductions of Picasso's work elsewhere for the money, and would not hesitate to recommend it.

For young Picasso's too
This is a very nice introduction to the works of Picasso. In the early nineties this book was a gift to one of my sons who was a mere child then. It is quite appropriate for young readers as there are many pictures . The parent or teacher can cultivate or nourish a young persons interest in art with these nice reproductions. The early period of Picasso's works, most notably his Cubist period seems to particularly intrigue young artists as they seem to relate to the "disfigured" human anotomy etc. In the case of my son he liked these pictures very much and as a result has a pretty good eye and hand for art that translates into interesting drawings and graphic arts. I believe this is in part a result of his early exposure to this Picasso book. Although the text is ackward at times it can be modified or paraphrased for youngsters. This is good stuff for the budding Picasso in your household and of course the price is right. ... Read more

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Already published in France, Spain and Germany to wide acclaim, this book presents an insider’s portrait of Pablo Picasso, the women in his life and the Picasso family. The author, Picasso’s grandson Olivier Widmaier-Picasso spoke extensively with relatives, friends, and contemporaries of the artist and discovered unknown information about Picasso’s life. Correcting previous portrayals of the artist which have been highly critical of his personal relationships and treatment of women, this book offers a balanced and sensitive account of his life. Olivier Widmaier-Picasso—whose grandmother was the artist’s muse and lover Marie-Thérèse—answers allegations about everything from the artist’s sexuality and relation to money and politics to the feuding over his estate and the author’s own handling of the artist’s legacy. This compassionate, penetrating biography, which includes never before published family photographs, offers a unique perspective as it explores the double-edged sword that is fame and talent. ... Read more

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Excellent Read AboutPicasso Family and Heirs
Finally, a book about Picasso that tells a coherent biographical history and backs up information with references, and all by a family member who evidently did his research (the son of Maya, Marie-Therese's daughter).

The author never knew his grandfather so he had to do his research in order to write such a consice history. My favorite read on Picasso is still Francoise Gilot's "Life with Picasso" but this one is a close second. The Real Family Story is an excellent read on the artist's myriad families and the heirs of Picasso, though none of the other books by family members can be discounted.

The only real slant is that Olivier Widmaier Picasso appears to be closer to the Francoise side of the family than the Olga side of the family (which may be an understatement) but in such an expansive family there are naturally divides.

Importantly, delves into the troublesome estate matters left behind by Picasso, which all heirs seemed to have benefitted after a lot of legal process.

The logical, real deal about the painter
Finally, a biography about Picasso written by a family member (his grandson by Marie-Therese Walter)that puts right all the ogre mythology. Yes, Picasso was not an ideal family man. But so much written about him in other biographies deem him almost inhuman. This bio is good because it puts all the facts out there. Good and bad. Widmaier refutes many of the "evil man myths" and gives you a straight view of what the man was really made of. I felt after reading this, a real grasp on this man/legend. A good job, that maybe his Grandfather would have appreciated, even though he was such a private person.

A Love of The Artist For His Mother.
Throughout the ages, poets and philosophers have extolled the virtues of womanhood and motherhood.Pablo Picasso is quoted:"My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.'Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. ... Read more

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Representations of animals occur throughout Pablo Picasso's career (1891-1973) but especially during and after his involvement with Surrealism in the 1920s and 30s. This work presents these images by subject, that is, the cat, the goat, the bull, as they might appear in a medieval bestiary or "Book of Beasts". Picasso never painted animals with a naturalist's eye, but in keeping with his lifelong preoccupation with essentially human experiences, such as emotions and truths, he often saw the animal kingdom as an opportunity to make visual allegories and parables. This text is written by the curators of the exhibition, "A Picasso Bestiary", held in Croydon Museum, London, in 1995. ... Read more

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Pablo Picasso's images of children show him at his most affectionate and sensitive. Ranging from individual and family portraits to groups of a genre-like character, these images encompass various moods, from fragile happiness to a helpless sorrow. This text is a selection of depictions of children, placed in the context of the artist's life and work. The narrative tone of Picasso's early images of children was superseded in the 1920s by portraits of his own offspring. Later, in the 1940s and 1950s, the focus shifted to the existential problems of childhood. Many depictions consciously invoke historical precedents to capture the charm traditionally associated with images of children, while others break entirely with convention to shatter notions of the well-protected seclusion of the child's world. First published in German to accompany an exhibition shown at the Kunstammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, this volume has been updated and includes examples of oils, gouaches, sculptures, prints, drawings and a number of previously unpublished photographs. It contains contributions by Maya Picasso, Sigrid Metken and Doris Krystof. ... Read more

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79 illus., 65 in full color. 9 3/8 x 12.Amazon.com Review
Pablo Picasso is indisputably one of the great artists of the20th century. This handsome volume is a fine introduction to alegendary figure and includes more than 60 plates of his masterpiecesas well as some lesser-known works. Find out where Picasso got hisinspiration and what role he played in the artistic revolution knownas cubism. You'll enjoy following the evolution of Picasso's art andwill marvel at his highly personal, expressionistic style. ... Read more

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Discusses the life and work of the well-known 20th-century painter, describing how his art was influenced by the events in Spain and his early years there. Eight pages of color plates. ... Read more

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Niobid, Lola Ruiz, Corina Romeu, Seiora Soler, Sada Yacco, the three Jeannes, Suzanne Bloch, Alice Derain, Fernande Olivier, Gertrude Stein, Eva Gouel, Fanny Tellier, Gabrielle Depeyre, Ir ne Lagut, Eugenia Errazuriz, Olga Picasso, Sara Murphy, Marie-Thar se Walter, Nush Eluard, Lee Miller, Fran oise Gilot and Dora Maar. Picasso painted, drew and sculpted each and every one of these women, and many, many more. The female sex was arguably more important and central to Picasso's oeuvre than to any other in the 20th century. Not only was the content of his work inspired by them, his stylistic development weaved in and out of his passionate, tumultuous romantic relationships, his female friendships, and his affairs with women patrons, family members, models, admirers and others of the fairer sex. Picasso et Les Femmes presents all the women through the Picassos they modeled for, photographs from the time, and essays by a wide range of contributors, including Norman Mailer, Ingrid M ssinger, Diana Widmaier-Picasso, Per Kirkeby, Sabine Rewald, Fran oise Gilot and Angela Rosengart. But though they are seen here through text and image, recollection and fact, this long list of women remains much as Picasso left them, immortal and a mystery. ... Read more

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A dynamic portrait of the supremely diverse life and career of THE great 20th-century artist: reveals Picasso as painter, sculptor, ceramicist, collage artist, set designer, and creator of "chance objects," as well as father, lover, husband, friend, author, pack rat, and art collector in his own right. Picasso's place within the Modernist movement brilliantly analyzed. ... Read more

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AN ICONIC ARTIST
When a renowned photographer was asked why Picasso did not attend Henri Matisse's funeral, the reply was: "Because he didn't like death.He didn't like thinking about death......And he thought that if he stopped working, that was death."

Picasso, arguably the artistic giant of this century, seldom stopped working and he lived to be 91.Sometimes he was found working in the nude, enjoying his reputation as an enfant terrible. He had many mistresses, and was the proud, if not doting, father of a number of love children.

A courageous maverick who was constantly exploring new art forms, he was also somber witness to the tragedy of war as is evident in his "Guernica, 1937."

The world may not see his like again, but here is a stunning portrait.

A good basic source
This is an excellent book for those newly interested in Pablo Picasso. It has a thorough history of his life, and a solid sampling of his artwork, not just the most famous examples. The writing style is somewhat informal,which can be good or bad, depending on your tastes. Also, it is a verycompact size (about the size and shape of a CD) so it's wonderfullyportable, but also pretty short. ... Read more

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Picasso is regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. This title gets you up close to the man and his work and allows you insights into how and why he created the art he did. Timelines, websites, and further reading help paint a complete portrait

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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art, as polar opposites but also as complementary figures. Between them they are the originators of many of the most significant innovations of 20th-century painting and sculpture, but their relationship has rarely been explored in all of its closeness and complexity. In spite of their initial rivalry, the two masters eventually acknowledged one another as equals, becoming, in their old age, increasingly important to one another both artistically and personally. From the time of their initial encounters in 1906 in Gertrude and Leo Stein's Paris studio until 1917, they individually produced some of the greatest art of the 20th century and maintained an openly competitive relationship brimming with intense innovation. This period saw them create such works as Picasso's majestic "Woman with a Fan" of 1908 and Matisse's great portrait of his wife of 1913. Matisse responds to Synthetic Cubism in his "Piano Lesson" of 1916 and Picasso comes back in turn with a new, more decorative Cubism in "Three Musicians" of 1921. The 20s saw them grow apart, as Matisse moved from Paris to Nice and Picasso became involved with the Surrealists, but the 30s brought them together again, through their sheer fame and devotion to reality-based art. Their story continues until Matisse's death in 1954, when Picasso paid his friend and colleague tribute in his series Women of Algiers, of which he said, "When Matisse died, he left his odalisques to me as a legacy." Matisse Picasso presents the artists' oeuvres in groupings that reveal the affinities but also the extreme contrasts of their artistic visions. Published to accompany the landmark exhibition, a joint effort of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate Modern, London; the Réunion des musées nationaux/Musée Picasso and the Musée national d'art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Matisse Picasso is the first major examination of the fascinating relationships between their art, their careers, and their lives. Thirty-four essays, each by a member of the exhibition's curatorial team, focus on a particular moment in the artists' evolving relationship. The authors present in-depth analyses of specific aspects of the unique artistic dialogue between Matisse and Picasso as reflected in selected juxtapositions of each artist's works. These texts are accompanied by an introductory history, commentary on the public perception of important artistic relationships, and an extensive chronology.

Picasso sees everything. --Henri Matisse

By Anne Baldassari, Elizabeth Cowling, John Elderfield, John Golding, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine and Kirk Varnedoe.

Hardcover, 9.75 x 12.25 in., 368 pages, 220 color and 60 b&w ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Excellent
This is an excellent book with great reproductions of artwork.It also compares the two artist's.This is a good book for any artist to have.
It arrived as described in a timely manner.

Blockbuster
A blockbuster exhibition and a blockbuster catalogue. This book is hugely informative, very well organized, chronologically, with a constant comparison of both masters. Every masterpiece by Picasso is followed by one by Matisse and vice-versa. It is a break-through study on the mutual influence of both artists, an attempt once tried by the critic Yves-Alain Bois with less success. This book is required material for any arts library. The authors are all authorities in this particular field and vouch for the quality of the accompanying text.

Whew!
Huge, very heavy book of almost 400 pages.Wonderful reproductions in color of their work, and, for the most part, easily understood prose.I think I learned a lot.I know I learned that I like Picasso better than Matisse, whom I found to be basically cold and severe, too intellectual in his art.How he was personally this book does not say.You do get a little more sense of Picasso than Matisse.The book focuses on how these two artists played off each other's work almost all their artistic lives.And as such, it definitely succeeds.It was actually printed in conjunction with a major exhibition of these two, in Paris, London, and New York.A must for all art lovers. ... Read more