Life With Picasso -- Francoise Gilot, Carlton Lake (Contributor);
Paperback
Editorial Review
Ingram At 21, Gilot met 62-year-old Picasso. For nearly a decade,
she shared her life with this complex artist, giving birth to two of his
children. In her recollections, she describes the exuberant, if exhausting,
world they knew together. 10 photos.
From the Publisher Francoise Gilot met Picasso during the German occupation of
Paris, she was twenty-one, he was sixty-two. For nearly a decade, Gilot shared
her life with this giant of the art world, giving birth to two of his children,
working as his model, and sharing his world. This uniquely candid and vivid
memoir takes readers behind the Piccasso legend to meet the man.
Pablo Picasso, Spanish. 1881 -
1973 H. S. A. A.
Born on October 25th 1881 in Malaga, Spain to
Maria Picasso, wife of the artist Jose Ruiz. He decided to take his mothers
surname as an artist and qualified for the Academy of Fine Arts, Barcelona.
Later he studied at the San Fernando Academy, Madrid. His well known 'Blue
period' spanned the years between 1901 to 1904 when he was painting in
Paris. Next came the 'circus' period with it's acrobats and clowns with a
complete change of palette. The cubist period after meeting Braque started
around 1911 and continued for a few years before entering a time where he
designed sets for the theatre in a more classical style. A move into other forms
of art including sculpture in wrought iron and other materials started in the
early 1920's and continued until the 1930's. During the 2nd world war Picasso
remained in Paris and during this time he painted many pictures which dwelt on
the theme of death. He met and lived with Fran. Gilot and she gave him two
children. The children Claude and Paloma appeared in a number of his paintings
in the 40's. He created many forms of ceramic art during the late 1940's.
and it was into the 1950's when his main interest turned to printing and
lithography.
In 1953 he met Jacqueline Roque and in 1961 he
married her and following this marriage, Pablo and Jaqueline decided to
leave Paris and moved to the south of France His popularity as an
artist earned him the nickname 'The showman', with now exhibitions in Europe and
America and in the 1960's he created the huge sculpture at the Chicago Civic
Centre. An exhibition of his works at the Louvre in 1971 in honour for his 90th
birthday was a great success followed in 1980 by an exhibition of his life works
at the Museum of Modern Arts, New York..
Following a very active and prolific painting
career he died on April 8th in 1973 aged 91 years old.
Represented in many public and private
collection throughout the art world.
Picasso's
`Boy with a Pipe' sells for $104 million, auction record
This 1905 painting by Pablo Picasso titled "Garcon a la pipe" sold for $104
million Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York. Associated Press photo via
Sotheby's
Auction house strikes
gusher with Picasso oil
By DEREK ROSE
and LEO STANDORA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Thursday, May 6th, 2004
Pablo Picasso smoked Vincent van Gogh last night as his 1905 painting "Boy
with a Pipe" was auctioned for a record-shattering $104 million. The new
most expensive canvas in the world sold in just under five minutes. The tab
for the 39-by-32-inch masterpiece, created when Picasso was just 24,
included auctioneer Sotheby's $11 million commission. The very deep-pocketed
buyer was not immediately known. Until last night, van Gogh's 1890 "Portrait
of Doctor Gachet" had the record for fetching the most green. A Japanese
billionaire bought it for a mere $82.5 million at a Christie's auction in
May 1990. "Garcon ... la Pipe," painted soon after Picasso settled in
Montmartre, France, shows a Parisian youth wearing blue overalls, holding a
pipe in his left hand and wearing a crown of roses against a rosy
background. The long-forgotten model was a teen who hung around Picasso's
studio and volunteered to pose for the oil work. The spirited and speedy
bidding last night was begun by auctioneer Tobias Mayer at $55 million. In
just minutes, with the price at $79 million, a lull enveloped the room. "Are
we done? I'm happy to wait," Tobias told the six bidders. Then a seventh art
lover entered the fray, and with a cell phone call put the bidding into the
art-world stratosphere. In less than five minutes, the deal was done. After
the gavel went down, Sotheby's CEO Bill Ruprecht said, "It was an
extraordinary night. History was made tonight." "My only fear was it would
make only $99.9 million and you guys would write 'Sotheby's Misses the
Mark,' " he told reporters.
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