Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World - Unger, Miles J.

One of The Christian Science Monitors Best Nonfiction Books of 2018An engrossing reada historically and psychologically rich account of the young Picasso and his coteries in Barcelona and Paris (The Washington Post) and how he achieved his breakthrough and revolutionized modern art through his masterpiece, Les Demoiselles dAvignon.In 1900, eighteen-year-old Pablo Picasso journeyed from Barcelona to Paris, the glittering capital of the art world. For the next several years he endured poverty and neglect before emerging as the leader of a bohemian band of painters, sculptors, and poets. Here he met his first true love and enjoyed his first taste of fame. Decades later Picasso would look back on these years as the happiest of his long life.

Softcover. English. Simon & Schuster. 2019. ISBN: 9781476794228. 480 pp. Fair. Book No: 82926