Picasso (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

Not understanding the praise for this book. The substance is a little questionable, repetitive and reliant on labels conveying a meaning that they may not. There was a heavy emphasis on Picasso being Spanish and that being the reason for much of his creative process, which I don't think is totally accurate. Still, an interesting primary source from someone who knew the artist and was an important first collector.

You get to the end without having learntnothing but her own image of Picasso.This is a book not on Picasso,but on Stein't image of him.It is Art and literature and modernist prose.Which I thank with all my heart, but:Richardson's books have buried many bookslike this where Picasso has been enthronedlike Sansom.I want no golden calfs, but golden knowledge.My review: buy it if you just love books more thanmoney, which is my case, by the way.

This is a wonderful little book. There are only about 50 pages of actual writing in this book. The rest is intro (which you can skip) and pictures. I will admit: I love Gertrude Stein's style. Of course, many do not- it can be a bit overwhelming. I believe she uses just enough of her style in this book to give it her own personal flair, but not enough to ruin it or complete take over with nonsense. It's a picasso portrayal from a different angle, but also a brief work of art of it's own. Read it in one pleasurable afternoon sitting.

"It was natural that it was a Spaniard who understood that a thing without progress is more splendid than a thing which progresses." A short book about Picasso's early years in Paris and how both Spain and France influenced the painter. The friendships between painters in Paris and the slow development of cubism are told from the perspective of an early admirer - often Gertrude Stein's fondness for "stream of consciousness writing" becomes repetitious.

It's not as good as i thought it would be in regards to Picasso's history but insightful for the Hypocrisy of Gertrude Stein; nonetheless it was a good read for Fans of Gertrude Stein. the reason i say the Hypocrisy because she acted as a friend to some and used her influence to further many Artist and sabotaged others based on her circle of influence. i goes thats a good lesson for any Artist out there.

A long-time fan of Gertrude Stein, I have recently read everything I could find on Picasso, and voila: the perfect combination. Stein is unbearably overbearing and pompous in her assessments of people, but her take on Picasso is prescient. They fit the two peas of a pod category and it's our loss that Picasso didn't do a profile of Gertrude to balance things out. This is a readable Stein looking into the soul of a mysterious artist. Kudos!

I read this to the end just to be certain it was truly as awful as it seemed. Stein's writing here seems to be stream of conscience.Most of it is multiple run-on sentences without punctuation that you'd have to reread just to be certain the problem is the writing and not you as a reader. I enthusiastically threw this into the garbage once I got to the end of it. An absolute waste of time and money!

It's a magnificent report on the life and works of a "first class genius", till the end of the '30s. An unforgettable classic in history of contemporary art. To be read together with Stein's "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas".

Il libro è interamente scritto in inglese. Questo non è chiaro dal titolo

Schnelle Lieferung. Alles gut gelaufen. Danke.

L'annonce était pas claire de tout, le livre est en anglais ...

Libro interessante e divertente. Rappresentazione schematica di un artista, scritta in un linguaggio accattivante (avanguardista).Ne consiglio la lettura. paola

Petit essai superbe avec la finesse du commentaire d'une collectionneuse avisée qui connaissait et recevait rue de Fleurus de nombreux artistes de l'époque.