In this, the third installment of John Richardson’s epic biography of Picasso, we find that the artist, age 36, having been spurned by two mistresses to whom he’d proposed marriage, has fled wartime ...
“Of all the problems besetting Picasso in late 1932,” the fourth volume of John Richardson’s A Life of Picasso begins, “foremost was the misery of married life with his Russian wife Olga”. Unshielded ...
Note the article: This is "a" life, not "the" life of Picasso (1881-1973). That refusal of the magisterial -- a word already used by critics to describe this ongoing biography -- is honest and ...
On the evening of May 9, Berluti opened the doors of its Rodeo Drive boutique for a special party in honor of the writer Olivier Picasso and his new biography of his grandfather Pablo. Guests ...
British art historian John Richardson, known for his multi-volume biography of Pablo Picasso, died today at age 95. A representative from Knopf, Richardson’s publisher, confirmed the news. The ...
John Richardson’s A Life of Picasso Volume IV: The Minotaur Years 1933–1943 (Cape) dominated reviews this weekend alongside notable titles in fiction including Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & ...