LIFE OF PICASSO I(ISBN=9780375711497)

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.

John Richardson is the author of a memoir, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; an essay collection, Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters; and books on Manet and Braque. He has written for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. He was instrumental in setting up Christie’s in the United States. In 1993 he was made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 1995–96 he served as the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford University. He divides his time between Connecticut and New York City.

Introduction
M~ilaga
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Son and Heir
Comnna
The Move to Barcelona
Sacred Subjects
Madrid 1897-98
Horta de Ebro
Barcelona 1899
Els Quatre Gats
Yo el Rey
First Trip to Paris
Madrid 1901
Success at Vollard's
Painter of Human Misery
Barcelona 1902
Third Trip to Paris
La Vie
Farewell to Barcelona
Montmartre and the Bateau Lavoir
La Belle Fernande
The Apollinaire Period
Dealers and DOnicheurs
The Absence of Jarry
Au Lapin Agile
Collectors and Patrons
Two or Three Geniuses
Plundering the Past
Summer at G6sol
The Mantle of Gauguin
Dionysos
Family Tree
Principal Sources
Short Titles and Notes
Index