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Picasso Picasso Pierre Daix,Jean-Louis Andral,Pablo Picasso In 1946, when Picasso received the offer to use one of the great rooms in the castle at Antibes as a studio, he exclaimed enthusiastically: “I'm not only going to paint, I'll decorate the museum too.… OL145191W
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso John Beardsley Examines the life and work of Picasso, discussing how and why his art looks the way it does and how it relates to the artist. OL15838944W
Bohemian Paris Bohemian Paris Dan Franck "Paris is a mythical city, a capital of the arts that has hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture. Perhaps this reputation has never been so richly deserved as at the beginnin… OL15860023W
Matisse and Picasso Matisse and Picasso Jack D. Flam "Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art, but also for different ways of living. Ma… OL1811812W
Picasso-Giacometti Picasso-Giacometti Nathalie Leleu,Serena Bucalo-Mussely,Virginie Perdrisot,Jeanne-Yvette Sudour,Sarah Wilson,Catherine Grenier "Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, each in their own way, deeply disrupted existing artistic codes and pushed the limits of established aesthetic canons in the realms of painting and sculpture. T… OL19734290W
Picasso portraits Picasso portraits Elizabeth Cowling Picasso's portraits epitomise the astonishing variety and innovation of his art. This major exhibition of over eighty works focuses on the artist's portrayal of family, friends and lovers and reveals… OL20045058W
Birds & Other Animals with Pablo Picasso Birds & Other Animals with Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso 27 unnumbered pages : 21 cm OL20498572W
Picasso's Demoiselles, the untold origins of a modern masterpiece Picasso's Demoiselles, the untold origins of a modern masterpiece Suzanne Preston Blier In 'Picasso's Demoiselles', eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon', one of the twentieth century's most imp… OL20637638W
Religious painting Religious painting Juan José Lahuerta Religious subject matter is not central in 20th century art. One might therefore suspect that, for the avantgarde, the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) would have eclipsed religion altogether. However, … OL22946622W
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Miranda Smith A brief biography of one of the major artists of the twentieth century considered the "father and master of modern art." OL2956676W
Picasso paints a portrait Picasso paints a portrait David Douglas Duncan Presents Duncan's photographs of Picasso painting a portrait of his future wife, Jacqueline, at the Villa La Californie, France, 1957. OL3007868W
Picasso and his world Picasso and his world Terry Measham Traces the career of the Spanish artist who, finding inspiration in the art of primitive cultures and developing new techniques to express modern ideas, has dominated the art of the twentieth century. OL3687184W
Pablo Picasso, The minotaur Pablo Picasso, The minotaur Danièle Giraudy Stimulates appreciation of Picasso's work by means of visual games involving his Minotaur. Includes a construction of moving minotaur legs and half pages that can be shuffled to create a centaur, min… OL3796506W
Picasso Picasso Tony Hart Focuses on the childhood of the noted artist Pablo Picasso. OL3902597W
A Weekend with Picasso A Weekend with Picasso Florian Rodari The twentieth century artist talks about his life and work as if entertaining the reader for a weekend. OL3953231W
Picasso Picasso Josep Palau i Fabre Includes chronology of artist's life and 150 unpaged illustrations, 134 in color. OL774093W