Picasso's Paris: Walking Tours of the Artist's Life in the City [Hardcover]

Ellen Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Nearly a century after his arrival in the French capital as an unknown Spanish teenager, Pablo Picasso's presence still can be felt in Paris. Four walking tours follow the painter from the gaslit garrets of fin-de-siècle Montmartre to the Left Bank quarter where he sat out the Nazi Occupation. Both art book and travel guide, this pocketable volume identifies the sites where Picasso created some of his best-known masterpieces and describes his celebrated circle of friends, among them Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, and Coco Chanel. The tours are enhanced by recommendations for conveniently located dining at many of Picasso's favorite haunts: elegant brasseries off the Champs-Élysées, charming bistros in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and the legendary cafés of Montparnasse.

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About the Author

ELLEN WILLIAMS, the author of The Impressionists’ Paris, is the former art editor of Vogue and executive editor of The Journal of Art. She edited Alexander Liberman’s The Artist In his Studio and Keith Haring Journals. She travels to France several times a year and has written about Paris for Travel & Leisure, International Design Magazine, France Today, and other publications. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 146 pages
• Publisher: Little Bookroom (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964126273
• ISBN-13: 978-0964126275
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 7.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #961,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A topographical perspective, May 5, 2000

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www.delalonde.com "www.chateauresidence.com" (Chateau-Bois-Briand, Nantes,Loire-Valley,France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Picasso's Paris: Walking Tours of the Artist's Life in the City (Hardcover)

This book contains many Picasso photographs at various stages of his life in Paris (before he moved to Vallauris). Did you know this revolutionary artist spent a great part of his life in a very "typical" flat of the most "bourgeois" district of Paris (8th arrondissement)? Paintings are displayed both along a geographical and a chronological perspective which is a refreshing and appropriate approach for such a book. This guide is practical, full of facts. You will like it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One fine book, January 26, 2009

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Steve Wohl "fotoflaneur" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Picasso's Paris: Walking Tours of the Artist's Life in the City (Hardcover)

If you are a fan of Picasso and his artist buddies and going to Paris, this is a fine book. Check out other titles from the same publisher, "The Little Bookroom," as well if going to Paris. They are equally fine. I own a number of them as well. They are all unique and in depth.