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The first volume of this biography emphasized Picasso's Spanish roots from Malaga to Barcelona. This second volume covers ten pivotal years of Picasso's life. It describes his relationship with Cocteau, his affair with Fernande Olivier, and the influence of women on his art.
After staying up late, a young teddy bear wakes up in a bad mood and stays that way until he takes a nap.
This title in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on Nietzsche's philosophy to have appeared over the last three decades. Including a substantial editorial introduction by John Richardson, this volume covers Nietzsche's major interpretative positions and gives an argued examination of each.
From 1950 to 1962, John Richardson lived near Picasso in France and was a friend of the artist. After Picasso's death, his widow Jacqueline collaborated in the preparation of this work, giving Richardson access to Picasso's studio and papers.
The author is pre-eminent in local history: his Encyclopedia sold over 30,000 copiesNew diorama 3-D maps show seven recreations of London
Presents an introduction to Heidegger's life and work. This book introduces and assesses the key arguments of Being and Time under three key headings: pragmatism; existentialism; and the themes of time and being.
The fourth and final volume of Picasso's life unfolds in Paris, Normandy, the south of France, Royan, and Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and the onset of World War II. Drawing on extensive research, including interviews and previously unseen materials from the Picasso family archives, the narrative begins with Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï visiting Picasso's chateau in Normandy, where he captures iconic images of the plaster busts of Marie-Thérèse, Picasso's mistress and muse. During this period, Picasso contributed to André Breton's Minotaur magazine and mingled with notable figures like Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, and Paul Éluard. He delved into surrealist poetry, becoming captivated by the Minotaur myth, which inspired his famous etching, Minotauromachie. The artist remained prolific, creating works featuring both Marie-Thérèse and the surrealist photographer Dora Maar, who became a muse and collaborator. The bombing of Guernica in 1937 spurred Picasso to paint his monumental work of the same name for the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World's Fair. Despite the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940, he chose to stay, facing the risk of art confiscation. In 1943, he met Françoise Gilot, who revitalized his creativity and inspired a remarkable series of paintings. This volume immerses readers in a pivotal moment in twentieth-century cultural history, concluding a definitive account of one of the world's most celebrated
The author introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art, and establishes his passion for Barcelona and Catalan "modernisme". There are also portraits of Apollinaire, Max Jacob and Gertrude Stein who made up "The Picasso Gang". The book won the 1991 Whitbread biography award.
A renowned gallerist and collector, the late Ileana Sonnabend acquired an impressive collection of seminal work directly from the Warhol studio at the time of its making. Sonnabend was an early and fervent supporter of Warhol, and held three important exhibitions of his work at her Paris gallery, including the series Death and Disasters (1964), Flowers (1965), and Thirteen Most Wanted Men (1967). This beautifully illustrated book includes essays by Picasso biographer John Richardson and leading Warhol scholar Brenda Richardson, who was a close friend of Sonnabend’s. Her essay is an insightful portrait of the highly regarded dealer and her relationship with Warhol. The book is illuminated by previously unpublished private letters and includes stand-alone facsimile reproductions of the exhibition catalogues, originally published by Galerie Ileana Sonnabend.
A follow-up to John Richardson's 2019 bestselling book, Making Movie Magic
