A Life of Picasso 1881-1906 - Softcover

Richardson, John; McCully, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679764216 ISBN 13: 9780679764212

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1995

Synopsis

As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound understanding of the artist and his work. 800 photos.

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About the Author:

John Richardson was born in 1924. He studied art at the Slade School but soon gave up painting for art criticism. In 1949 he moved to Provence, where he helped the collector Douglas Cooper transform the Château de Castille near Avignon into a private museum of cubist painting. For the next twelve years he lived in France where he became friends with Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Cocteau. With Picasso's encouragement he embarked on an analytic study of the artist's portraits, part of which is incorporated in the present biography.

In the early 1960s Richardson went to live in New York City where he was appointed head of Christie's U.S. operation. Besides having organized various exhibitions, he has written books on Manet and Braque and is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker<

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679764216
• ISBN 13: 9780679764212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 548