Picasso (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

This biography of Picasso has many advantages over the numerous works dealing with that artist. Written by a man who is thoroughly fluent with modern painting, the author, a man of penetrating sympathy and articulate insight, has the advantage of having been intimately associated with the artist since 1936. In his analysis of Picasso he maintains a dynamic counterpoint in which the theme of life and work are so skillfully and closely explored and integrated that ultimately they stand inseparable. Writing in a style commensurately vigorous with the temperament of Picasso, Roland Penrose, who now is organizing a retrospective exhibit of the artist's work for the Tate gallery, offers a series of brilliant portraits of the emotional, political, national, and social events which shaped the canvas of Guernicas. Fully cognizant of the influence upon Picasso of his origin, his intense preoccupation with Spanish custom - the battle between life and death apotheosized in the bull fight - Penrose, in this biography, illustrated with two hundred photographs, presents a bold canvas of a titan, his immense contribution, and the inevitable marriage between a conscious artistic rationale and formidable dedication to life. (Kirkus Reviews)

This updated version of the celebrated biography contains a new final chapter depicting the hurried creativity of Picasso's last years. A surrealist artist and an organizer of a number of major exhibitions, this author was a close friend of Picasso from 1935 until the latter's death in 1973.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1992
First published:	December 1981
Authors:	Roland Penrose
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	550
Edition:	3rd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-04207-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
LSN:	0-520-04207-7
Barcode:	9780520042070

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