Pablo Picasso's images of children show him at his most affectionate and sensitive. Ranging from individual and family portraits to groups of a genre-like character, these images encompass various moods, from fragile happiness to a helpless sorrow. This text is a selection of depictions of children, placed in the context of the artist's life and work. The narrative tone of Picasso's early images of children was superseded in the 1920s by portraits of his own offspring. Later, in the 1940s and 1950s, the focus shifted to the existential problems of childhood. Many depictions consciously invoke historical precedents to capture the charm traditionally associated with images of children, while others break entirely with convention to shatter notions of the well-protected seclusion of the child's world. First published in German to accompany an exhibition shown at the Kunstammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, this volume has been updated and includes examples of oils, gouaches, sculptures, prints, drawings and a number of previously unpublished photographs. It contains contributions by Maya Picasso, Sigrid Metken and Doris Krystof.
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This is an auspicious beginning for a series that aims to provide an "intimate alternative to the overload of the Information Age." Each title focuses on one aspect of an artist's work in some detail, with texts by outstanding scholars (the Chagall book is a reduced version of lithographs published in 1961, with Longus's text in translation); each wears its learning lightly and succeeds in reaching the perhaps mythical serious general reader. Hoberg lets her protagonists speak for themselves in letters and documents that show how their relationship unfolded in Munich during the first two decades of the century. Spies has many interesting things to say about children in the art of Picasso, a notoriously bad father in real life. Each of the scholarly books does a good job of relating the artist's personal life to the work, and the illustrations and production values of all three works are quite good. Highly recommended for general collections; Hoberg and Spies can also find a place in more advanced art collections.
Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Lib.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Lib.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Original Language: German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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