Picasso: A Bird's-Eye View

by Josep Palau i Fabre, Mark Duckett (Translator)

A compendium divulging the life of Picasso accompanied by 16 illustrations of works of the author. The book was specially designed for tourism and was published on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Josep Palau and Fabra in collaboration with Pepe Serra. It reviews the whole life of Picasso and his work.

Josep Palau i Fabre (Barcelona, 1917-2008). Poet, storyteller, essayist, playwright and translator. He is regarded as a top international expert on the life and work of Picasso. He has published more than twenty books about the artist, which have been translated into a dozen languages.

123 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Josep Palau i Fabre (Barcelona, 21 d'abril de 1917 – 23 de febrer de 2008) fou, essencialment, un poeta però que conreà diferents disciplines artístiques com ara la poesia, el teatre, l'assaig i la narrativa i, a més, fou un dels màxims especialistes en l'obra del pintor Pablo Picasso amb qui mantingué una bona relació durant els darrers anys de la vida de l'artista malagueny.
L'any 2017, amb motiu del centenari del naixement del poeta, es commemorà l'Any Palau i Fabre. L'efemèride se celebrà del 21 d'abril del 2017 al 21 d'abril del 2018.

Reviews

[Brent Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A proud Catalonian perspective on Picasso's life from his birth in Malaga in October of 1881, shortly before his family relocated to Barcelona where he spent the majority of his formative years, till his death in Mougins in April of 1973. With the exception of the years in Paris, most of his life was spent near the Mediterranean, and he can be thought of as a Mediterranean artist. Journeys were also prominent in his life, as at a young age he began traveling from place to place fairly often at a time when travel was much more difficult. He was an iconoclast who worked in and pioneered a number of several art movements (inluding fine art, expressionism, cubism, proto-cubism, neo-cubism, surealism, synthetic cubism and collage to name a few, and is one of the two primary leaders of what is known as the "Paris School") in a number of genres of art including painting, drawing, print making, engraving, sculpture, set design, pottery and book illustration. He had a profound influence on 20th century art and is probably the most important artist of the century. Although a nominal Catholic who tended to be serially monogamous his life was not marked by moral rectitude, and his love interests were revolvingly the center of much of his art, as well as were the poor, the outcast and marginalized. He maintained a number of close friendships throughout his life.

[Katarina Rose T · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this at Picasso Museum Barcelona and I loved reading this after walking through most of the art mentioned in this book and connecting various events in Picasso’s life that influenced his art. It was very digestible and an insightful read!

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I short biography that covers Picasso's life ever so briefly. Can easily be read in one sitting and is really only for those wanting to know more about the basics of this man's interesting life.

[Ana Vicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

No se si fue la narración o la misma vida de Picasso, pero le doy 3.5⭐️

[Leonid Varpahovsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Хорошая краткая биография Пикассо. Фокус на Барселону и Каталонию несколько преувеличен а острые углы личной жизни интеллигетно сглажены.

[Enric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesante revisión de la vida de Picasso que te permite entender un poco más su obra