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When Harry Met Pablo - Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art
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When Harry Met Pablo - Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art
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Truman and Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and
shapers of the great events of the twentieth century—the man who
painted Guernica and the man who authorized the use of atomic bombs
against civilians. But in most ways, they couldn’t have been more
different. Picasso was a communist, and probably the only thing
Harry Truman hated more than communists was modern art. Picasso was
an indifferent father, a womanizer, and a millionaire. Truman was
utterly devoted to his family and, despite his fame, far from a
rich man. How did they come to be shaking hands in front of
Picasso’s studio in the South of France? Truman’s meeting with
Picasso was quietly arranged by Alfred H. Barr Jr., the founding
director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and an early champion
of Picasso. Barr knew that if he could convince these two
ideological antipodes, the straight-talking politician from
Missouri and the Cubist painter from MÁlaga, to simply shake
hands, it would send a powerful message, not just to reactionary
Republicans pushing McCarthyism at home, but to the whole world:
modern art was not evil. Truman author Matthew Algeo retraced the
Trumans’ Mediterranean vacation and visited the places they went
with Picasso, including Picasso’s villa, Picasso’s ceramics
studio in Vallauris, and ChÂteau Grimaldi, a museum in Antibes. A
rigorous history with a heartwarming center, When Harry Met Pablo
intertwines the biographies of Truman and Picasso, the history of
modern art, and twentieth century American politics—but at its
core it is the touching story of two old men who meet for the first
time and realize they have more in common—and are more
alike—than they ever imagined.
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Imprint: |
Chicago Review Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Matthew Algeo
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64160-787-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-64160-787-4 |
Barcode: |
9781641607872 |
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