The World of Picasso: 1881-

Time-Life Library of Art

by Lael Tucker Wertenbaker

This book is like new in it's original slipcase. The picture on the front of the slipcase is that of Picasso's young son Paul wearing a clown suit that was painted in 1924. I bought this book to make my library look more professional and polished, I really did not read the book.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography

190 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1966

About the author

Born in 1909, Lael Tucker Wertenbaker was a foreign war correspondent for TIME magazine in the 1930s through to the 1950s, prior to becoming a novelist. Through her work overseas, she and her husband met and befriended author Ernest Hemingway. She also wrote articles for magazines Fortune, Life, and US News & World Report as well as a few program scripts for CBS.

Wertenbaker went on to write a memoir, Death of a Man, in which she talks about helping her husband with his assisted suicide in 1955 after his terminal colon cancer diagnosis. A stage play was later made of this memoir, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia DeHavilland. Wertenbaker herself died of lung cancer in 1997 at the age of 87.

Reviews

[Marty Carey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not really sure how to rate this one, since it was ridiculously incomplete, but it was a hoot. As one can gather from the title, Picasso was still alive in 1967 when this book was written. They completely glossed over his pursuit of young women and his flagrant cheating. Even his friend, Gertrude Stein, was written of without any mention of Alice B. Toklas. Way to go, Time Life Books!

[Vanessa Ellermann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I usually don’t include these art history in Goodreads if my purpose is just to look at the art. I’m actually reading this one because it is fascinating. No one can dispute Picasso’s influence in changing the arc of Western art. This book gives us a glimpse of his life in Paris, his interaction with other artists like Matisse, Rousseau, and Georges Braque.

[rehab saleh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everyone wants to understand art. why don't we try to understand the song of a bird? why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us without trying to understand them? but in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand! " Pablo Picasso".

[Samuel Valentino · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written and entertaining. Granted, I read this after I read the Matisse book in this series, which was a little dry, so this shone by comparison. But even so, it was enjoyable and showed the range of styles that Picasso worked on throughout his long career.

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good blend of Picasso's life and his art. The art reproductions are very good, too.

[Melissa Vadakara]

pretty informative but I wish there were more sketches

[Jess Monnier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on Picasso. Each style period was well discussed and the reproductions were great! I loved the bonus chapter at the end about a day in the life of Picasso.