Picasso

by Daix, Pierre; Emmet, Olivia

• ISBN13: 9780064309769
• ISBN10: 0064309762
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Summary

Written by an art critic who knew him well for over twenty-five years, this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive one-volume study of Picasso's life and art available. Published in France in 1987, it has been continuously updated and revised by the author since then. Daix's intimate knowledge of Picasso as a man and as an artist has enabled him to consider Picasso's achievements in relation to the events and personalities in his life. Picasso is arguably the greatest artist of the twentieth century, certainly the most prolific, and this examination of the man and his work is more thorough than any other single volume, covering his whole life and providing a detailed, balanced assessment of his important works.
Daix has written two fundamental catalogues of Picasso's art and he recently worked with William Rubin on the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition on Picasso, Braque and Cubism. For anyone interested in modern art and the life and art of one of its greatest practitioners, this book is essential reading.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Yo, Picasso 1881-1897	p. 3
From Prodigy to Artist 1897-1900	p. 10
Paris, Here I Come! 1900-1901	p. 17
The Tragedy of Casagemas and the Blue Period 1901-1904	p. 26
Love at the Bateau-Lavoir 1904-1905	p. 37
Decisive Encounters 1906Early 1907	p. 51
Les Demoiselles D'Avignon 1907	p. 65
The CordéE with Braque 1907-1908	p. 79
The Invention of Cubism 1909-1911	p. 93
The Cubist Explosion Summer 1911-1912	p. 109
The Revolution of Papiers Collés Autumn 1912-Summer 1913	p. 123
Fulfillment Autumn 1913-Summer 1914	p. 133
The War and ÉVa's Death Summer 1914-1916	p. 141
Parade and Marriage 1916-1917	p. 151
Return to Order 1918-Early 1920	p. 161
Paternity and Classicism 1920-1923	p. 172
The Approach of Surrealism 1923-1924	p. 181
Crisis of Marriage 1924-1926	p. 187
The Metamorphoses 1927 1929	p. 201
Renewal of Surrealism 1929-1930	p. 211
Hymn to Marie-Therese 1931-1932	p. 219
A Marriage Ends 1933-1934	p. 227
The Birth of Maya 1935-1936	p. 234
Spain at Heart 1936-1937	p. 243
From Guernica to Munich 1937-1938	p. 249
The War 1938-1940	p. 257
The Resistance 1940-1944	p. 265
A New Departure 1944-1946	p. 277
Françoise 1946	p. 288
Between Socialist Realism and Abstract Art 1947-1951	p. 295
A Detestable Season in Hell 1951-1953	p. 304
Questioning Everything 1953-1954	p. 315
Turning Point 1954-1956	p. 322
Again into the Unknown 1957-1958	p. 332
From Vauvenargues to Mougins by Way of Manet 1959-1962	p. 341
The Master of Mougins 1963-1965	p. 348
Bearing the Weight of Art 1966-1969	p. 355
A Picasso Finale 1969-1973	p. 363
Above and beyond	p. 371
Abbreviations Used in Source Notes	p. 378
Source Notes	p. 381
Appendix: The Exhibition at Vollard's and Its Consequences	p. 437
Index of Names	p. 440
Index of Works	p. 445
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