Pablo Picasso : A Period of Transformation (1906-1916) / Enrique Mallen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallén, Enrique, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cubism--France.

Cubism.

Fauvism--France.

Fauvism.

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Picasso, Pablo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : Liverpool University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Exactly when Matisse and Picasso first met is open to debate. Their earliest encounter may have taken place during the Matisse retrospective at Galerie Druet right before the 1906 Salon des Indépendants. The latter marked the first time all the Fauves exhibited together. The centerpiece was Matisse's monumental Le bonheur de vivre. Leo Stein bought the painting while the Salon was still running, regarding it as "the most important work of our time." This opinion undoubtedly annoyed Picasso. Jealousy of the other man's success goaded him to greater innovations. In his view, the new art would have to match the sense of endless discovery that science and technology were offering. The 1900 "Exposition Universelle" had already shown the latest marvels in engineering. If painting wanted to keep the public's attention, instead of merely reproducing what the eye saw, it had to generate its own reality on the surface of the canvas, a reality more vivid than, and bearing only the most cursory resemblance to, anything found in nature. Matisse was also a catalyst in that he was the one who introduced Picasso to African sculptures. Max Jacob recalls: "Matisse took a black, wooden statuette from a table and showed it to Picasso. It was the first piece of Negro wooden art. Picasso held onto it all evening. The next morning, when I arrived at the studio, the floor was strewn with sheets of paper, and on each sheet was drawn the head of a woman; all of them were more or less the same: one eye, an oversized nose attached to the mouth, and a lock of hair on the shoulders. Cubism was thus born" (cited in Janine Warnod, Washboat Days [New York: Grossman Publishers Warnod, 1972, p. 128]).

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Prologue

Map

CHAPTER ONE 1906 Autoportrait à la palette

CHAPTER TWO 1907 Les demoiselles d’Avignon

CHAPTER THREE 1908 Trois femmes

CHAPTER FOUR 1909 Maisons sur la colline (Horta d’Ebre)

CHAPTER FIVE 1910 Portrait de Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

CHAPTER SIX 1911 Femme à la guitare (‘Ma Jolie’)

CHAPTER SEVEN 1912 Nature morte à la chaise cannée

CHAPTER EIGHT 1913 Femme en chemise assise dans un fauteuil

CHAPTER NINE 1914 Compotier, verre, bouteille, fruits (Nature morte verte)

CHAPTER TEN 1915–1916 Arlequin

Notes

Cited Works of Picasso

Bibliography

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ISBN:

9781782847953

1782847952

OCLC:

1374426657