Picasso : A Biography
by Patrick O'Brian
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Author: Patrick O'BrianEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-03-17
ISBN: 0393311074
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Book Review: Picasso, warts and all.
Summary: 4 Stars
Readers of Patrick O'Brian may have expectations of high adventure in the Napoleonic wars with Aubrey and Maturin, but this thoughful analysis of the life of Picasso is far removed from that. What it does share with O'Brian's fiction is insightful perceptions of an exceptional man and as we would expect from O'Brian, language so beautiful that it is often breathtaking.
O'Brian's personal friendship with Picasso never compromises the objective and sometimes harsh observations penned by O'Brian. His take on the sycophants that surrounded Picasso and his observations on the importance of such people as Gertrude Stein and George Bracht to Picasso's development and evolution as an artist and as a man can't be understated.
O'Brian is pragmatic in his evaluation of Picasso's relationships with women. He was not a kind man. His art consumed him and left casualties in its wake. O'Brian sees truth as clearly as Picasso did, but with a more compassionate mind.
This is unquestionably the finest biography of Picasso ever written and probably ever will be written. Both Patrick O'Brian and Pablo Picasso have written their last chapter, but as we can still see Picasso in every work of art he produced so we can see O'Brian in all of the books he wrote, again and again and again.
Ian Hadley April 2009
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