Picasso: Women of His Life. A Tribute

Hardback

Main Details

Title Picasso: Women of His Life. A Tribute
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Magrit Bernhard
By (author) Markus Muller
By (author) Marilyn McCully
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 220
Category/GenrePainting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783777437262
ClassificationsDewey:759.6
Audience
General
Illustrations 90 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
NZ Release Date 15 February 2023
Publication Country Germany

Description

It is a widely held view that Picasso's creative work received a fresh impetus with each new muse in his life. This volume does not discuss his biography or his stylistic phases, however, but pays tribute to the individual fates of the women who left their mark on the artist's life. Personalities like Francoise Gilot and Dora Maar are among those whose entire life and creative work are acknowledged, not just the years they spent at Picasso's side. The book sketches the life of ten women in the life of the Spanish artist. Picasso was close to his mother throughout her life and chose her maiden name as his artist's name. When he wanted to marry the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova, she warned him that he would remain married to painting throughout his life. They separated in 1935; the reason was his young muse Marie-Therese Walter, who was also soon deposed by Dora Maar. Following various separations, women like the young artist Francoise Gilot also disappeared from Picasso's canvases, but did not vanish entirely. This book pays tribute to them all. Presented women: Dona Maria Picasso y Lopez (Picasso's mother), Maria Dolores Ruiz Picasso (Picasso's sister), Gertrude Stein, Fernande Olivier, Eva Gouel (Marcelle Humbert), Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Therese Walter , Dora Maar, Francoise Gilot, Jaqueline Roque

Author Biography

Margrit Bernard is the editor of works devoted to various art-historical subjects and the curator of private collections of Classical Modernism and museum exhibitions worldwide. Markus Muller has been the director of the Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Munster since 2000 and is Honorary Professor of Art History at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster. He is author of Pablo Picasso (The Great Masters of Art series) also published by Hirmer.