内容简介
From1950to1962,JohnRichardsonlivednearPicassoinFranceandwasafriendoftheartist.Withaviewtowritingabiography,theacclaimedarthistoriankeptadiaryoftheirmeetings.AfterPicasso'sdeath,hiswidowJacquelinecollaboratedinthepreparationofthiswork,givingRichardsonaccesstoPicasso'sstudioandpapers.VolumeoneofthisextraordinarybiographyestablishesthecomplexityofPicasso'sSpanishroots;hisaversiontohisnativeMalagaandhispassionforBarcelonaandCatalan"modernisme".Richardsonintroducesnewmaterialontheartist'searlytraininginreligiousart;re-examinesoldlegendstoprovidefreshinsightsintotheartisticfailuresofPicasso'sfatherasanimpetustohissons'striumphs;andincludesportraitsofApollinaire,MaxJacobandGertrudeStein,whomadeup"ThePicassoGang"inParisduringthe"Blue"and"Rose"periods.