Musée de l'arméé Paris & Gallimard, 2019
€35,00
Pablo Picasso, born in 1881 and died in 1973, was the contemporary of major conflicts. If he was released from the obligation of military service and never engaged as a soldier, the painter lived the struggles of the twentieth century from France – where he resided – as a civilian and Spanish citizen. Regarded at the Liberation as an activist, he became after the Second World War a personality to whom his political commitments confer a new stature and role in the history of his time.
However, Picasso’s relationship to war is complex. The representations of battles are very rare in the work of the artist, and his public positions are punctual, in the light of his ninety-two years of existence as of this twentieth century marked by two world conflicts , the cold war and the events of decolonization. How does Picasso reach out to his contemporaries, beyond the circles of art and to grasp the great dramas that cross his time?
Presenting 450 paintings, drawings and archival documents, this book offers an unpublished historical reading of Picasso’s work. IN FRENCH!
ISBN: 9782072838507
