Pablo Picasso: 1881-1973

by Carsten-Peter Warncke and Ingo F. Walther

Book Overview

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition Picasso's entire oeuvre'from his earliest drawings to the master's very last painting Special bestseller price ""The definitive introduction to the scope... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3822872210
• ISBN13: 9783822872215
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.4" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent little reference book

I bought this book to research Picasso and his artwork. It gave me so much information, not only about his artwork, but also about the genius behind the artwork, and his influences. There are sections of Picasso's drawings, graphic art, and scultures, which I never knew much about. The book contains a timeline of Picasso's life and all the major events that influenced his art and techniques. This is an interesting book with many sketches, scuptures, and 56 color images of Picasso's work. Although there are many pictures, I felt that some key pieces were left out of the book. Other than that, I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to know interesting facts behind the genius of the century.

All things Picasso

I'm a huge Picasso fan, so this book was a must. It is such a great deal for a large hardcover book with tons of information about Picasso and his artwork. It is written in chronological order of Picasso's life, and shows his growth and maturity as an artist. I love the huge color images of his artwork, and the study sketches he used for creating some of his best work. There is a timeline of his life and the events that shaped his way of expressing himself. What a wonderful book about one of the greatest and most recognizable artists of our time.

Complete Picasso

It is no small feat to gather the whole of Picasso's career in one, easy to read (and to carry) volume. This has been done through this book, the most comprehensive sum on the artist available on the market, for a reasonable price. Lavishly illustrated (many rarely-seen works, owned by private collectors, alongside well-known masterpieces housed in museums all over the world), it covers every single period from the very beginning (paperworks from the early 1890's) to the much criticized (and, today, highly regarded) late paintings of the early 1970's. If there is one book on Picasso, this is it. The text follows a chrological pattern and is full of technical, historical and anecdotical details. Note: the new edition is divided into two volumes (same text and illustrations as the one I reviewed above).

Doing justice to Picasso

This edition comes in two books in a cardboard sleeve. Book One covers his works from 1890 - 1936. Book two covers his works from 1937 - 1973. There is a detailed chronology at the back of book two with many black and white photographs of Picasso and his family and friends. As well as notes, an index of names and a comprehensive bibliography. The text is well written and engaging, describing the how and why of Picasso's techniques and themes; with historical personal, and technical considerations. There are many good quality pictures of his work from all facets of his careers, some depicting a series of the same image as he experimented with different ideas. It is remarkable to see the breadth of his talent laid out as it is in this book. It gave me a strong impression of his talent and dedication to his art. I looked at many books on Picasso to compare with this Taschen publication but none that were in my price range came close to comparing with the quality of the production and content of these books.

Introducing the genius

A very successful introduction to Picasso's work and life! Whether you just want to admire his paintings or try to learn from him, this book is a good choice. Some people don't understand Picasso and are insulted by astronomic prices of his "childish" looking paintings. In this book Ingo F. Walther sheds light on the phenomenon of this genius by presenting all the phases of painter's development that naturally resulted in the spontaneous expressions of his imagery. Or with the artist's words: "When I was as old as these children, I could draw like Raphael. But it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them!" Thus we can follow Picasso from his youth, blue and rose periods to his invention of cubism and all the way to his late works. In addition there are chapters on his sculptures, posters and ceramics. The book also gives a rich selection of interesting aspects of Picasso's life. An enormous publicity was haunting him as well as helping him test his brave inventions. Whatever he touched turned to gold. When he finally grew tired of publicity and decided to move from Paris to a provincial village of Ménerbes, he was given a chalet in exchange for a still life.