Loving Picasso: The Private Journal of Fernande Olivier

By Fernande Olivier

Fernande Olivier was the first real love in the life of Picasso, and the years she spent with the great artist, 1904 to 1912, coincide with some of his most revolutionary work. "Loving Picasso" brings Oliver's memoirs to life with archival photos, reproductions of her own artwork, and a selection of superb portraits of her by Picasso himself. 82 illustrations, 10 in full color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810942518
• ISBN13: 9780810942516
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 7.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Picasso and__________. Relationships absurd as his art!

This is the third Picasso and ____ book I've read. There are likely more, but the others I've seen are Picasso and Dora (his mistress in the late forties and Life with Picassoby Francoise Gilot who had his attention in his later years.This book along with the others read like a three part trilogy - this latest one covering the earliest relationship. The book is very good and seems to be honest. Quite readable.This book should be on the reading list of anyone interested in probing what the heck Picasso was about. Note that he does not get any less difficult in his relationships!! This book is fantastic to see that Picasso is as childish and monstrous in his early relationships as he is in his later ones!

some people are just crazy

This book is about Fernande Olivier, Picasso's lover during his formative years as an artist. It's about a relationship based on control -- Picasso won't let Fernande have shoes so she won't be able to leave the house. This book is extremely interesting but you can't help being astonished by how naive and foolish Fernande is.