Roland Penrose

Roland Penrose, author of the introduction to this volume, was acknowledged as England's foremost authority on Picasso. The story of his involvement with the artist is - like a cubist painting - many faceted. Penrose met Picasso in 1928. When he came to write a biography, Picasso. The Life and...

Preface Roland Penrose, author of the introduction to this volume, was acknowledged as England's foremost authority on Picasso. The story of his involvement with the artist is - like a cubist painting - many faceted. Penrose met Picasso in 1928. When he came to write a biography, Picasso. The...

Der Name, der die Kunstentwicklung dieses Jahrhunderts beherrscht und dem geradezu zwangsläufig die meisten revolutionären Veränderungen zugeschrieben werden, lautet Pablo Picasso. Darüber hinaus ist es großenteils sein Verdienst, daß die Künstler unserer Zeit nicht mehr allein nach der...

Preface to first edition by Alfred H. Barr, Jr Suppose the camera had been invented 500 years before Picasso. Think what photographs we might have had! Ghiberti standing beside his prize-winning relief for the Baptistry doors ('third from the left, with the disgruntled expression, is...