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

by Ellen Williams (Author) "MONTMARTRE, THE NAME OF the hill, la butte, and the village perched along its steep flanks, had been a part of the city for only..." (more)
Key Phrases: postcard page, lapin agile, Gertrude Stein, World War, Moulin de la Galette (more...)

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Nearly a century after his arrival in the French capital as an unknown Spanish teenager, Paris still bears the mark of Pablo Picasso’s presence. Four walking tours through some of the city’s most picturesque and historic districts follow the painter from the gaslit garrets of fin-de-siècle Montmartre to the Left Bank quarter where he sat out the Nazi Occupation, and identify the sites where Picasso created some of his best-known masterpieces. With full-color reproductions of paintings, archival and modern photographs, vintage postcards, period dining recommendations, and maps.

From the garrets of turn-of-the-century Montmartre to the cafes of Saint-Germain during World War II follow Pablo Picasso through the city as he changed the history of art forever. Along the way, meet Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, Coco Chanel, and others who made the French capital the most dazzling place to be.

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: 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #923,591 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

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

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.

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

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

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.