Picasso: Master of the New is an illustrated art biography from the New Horizons series, tracing Pablo Picasso’s life from his childhood in Spain through his years in Paris and his rise to international recognition as one of the defining artists of the twentieth century. Marie-Laure Bernadac and Paule du Bouchet present Picasso not only as a famous public figure, but as a complex, private and restless creator whose work kept changing through experimentation, personal relationships, poverty, ambition, war, fame and artistic rivalry. The book combines biography, art history, archival photographs, reproductions and documentary material, giving readers a compact but rich introduction to Cubism, modern art, Picasso’s friendships and lovers, and the tension between the man behind the myth and the images that made his name. As a concise illustrated study of Picasso and twentieth-century modernism, it invites readers to follow how an artist became a symbol of creative freedom while remaining difficult to fully define.
Author: Marie-Laure Bernadac, Paule du Bouchet
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication year: 1993
Number of pages: 192
Translator: Carey Lovelace
Original language: French
Original title: Picasso: Le sage et le fou
