Picasso: The Real Family Story

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"Olivier Widmaier Picasso set out on a journey to rediscover the famous grandfather whose works decorated the walls of his parents' home in Marseille. His research brought to light details of Picasso's life that had always remained hidden from the general public. These details are now revealed exclusively in this book. The author explains why certain myths have grown up around modern art's founder and he rebuts the slanderous attacks made against Picasso in the past. Picasso's grandson spoke to the people who really knew his grandfather - famous
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"Olivier Widmaier Picasso set out on a journey to rediscover the famous grandfather whose works decorated the walls of his parents' home in Marseille. His research brought to light details of Picasso's life that had always remained hidden from the general public. These details are now revealed exclusively in this book. The author explains why certain myths have grown up around modern art's founder and he rebuts the slanderous attacks made against Picasso in the past. Picasso's grandson spoke to the people who really knew his grandfather - famous contemporaries and leading figures from the worlds of art and the law, as well as ordinary individuals who played a part in his life. The author paints an intimate portrait of the artist and provides a delicate counterbalance to the public perception of the artist." The author describes Picasso's relationships with the women in his life and his children and examines his views on love, sex, and family life, as well as money, politics, power, fame, death, and eternity. This book reveals the story of one man's life and dispels many of the myths that surround the prolific artist and insatiable man. For the first time, the reader is let into the secrets of the Picasso estate with its eventful history and the incredible value of the inheritance.
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Olivier Picasso, the grandson of Pablo Picasso, never knew his famous grandfather. In this newly translated work, he counters Picasso's many critics and sheds new light on his grandfather's relationships with family members, women, politics, and money. Though labored in parts, the book is richly researched, clearly written, and anecdotal. It includes extensive interviews with friends and family to reconstruct the famous painter's history as a family man. The author bolsters his arguments with facts and evidence convincing enough to rescue his grandfather from those who exploit his reputation. He defends the artist against the sensational and accusatory Picasso, My Grandfather (1995) by his cousin, Marina Picasso, and demonstrates that the family, however unconventional, is a loving, if not tragic, one. While the book presents more a collage than a portrait of the artist, Picasso emerges a full human being-at once a husband, lover, father, brother, and son-providing for his extended family while his art remained the center of his universe. Recommended for all modern art history and biography collections.-Ellen Bates, New York Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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  • ISBN-13: 9783791331492
  • Publisher: Prestel Publishing
  • Publication date: 10/28/2004
  • Pages: 344
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 1.60 (d)

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