![]() He was a macho pacifist a hypochondriac an animal lover gifted with a rapport with dogs and birds. Sulking and bad-tempered (perhaps due to his stomach ulcers), he also displayed brightness of spirit and intelligence. The messianic artist we meet here was misogynistic but also generous and loving. Shattered by the death in 1913 of the father he loved and hated, the rebellious son concealed his grief but later would claim that the countless pigeons and doves in his pictures were a form of "repayment" to his pigeon-fancying parent. This abundantly illustrated second installment of a masterly, indispensable biography puts Picasso in a new light. Richardson believes Picasso was "as much sinned against as sinning," at least during the period covered here. ![]() ![]() ![]() John Richardson - A Life of Picasso, Volume II: 1907-1917 ![]()
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