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by Carpediem COAT ab imo pectore on May 1st, 2009
I would begin by reading their biographies, then what influenced them, their techniques, use of color and so forth.
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by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on June 12th, 2009
The other artists of that time and what differentiated them from those others.
by Nick on May 3rd, 2009
John Elderfield put together a fabulous exhibition and book on the relation of Picasso and Matisse for the Museum of Modern art. That should serve as a good introduction.
The best biographies are the ones by John Richardson on Picasso (3 of 4 vols have been published so far), and Louis Aragon: Henri Matisse: A Novel. BOth of these are pretty thorough and exhaustive.
by Anonymous T. Jackson on May 2nd, 2009
If you want a nice coffee table-type book check out the Taschen 25th Aniversary Special Edition on Picasso and Matisse. I found these editions at a half-price book store pretty cheap. They are not super-scholarly but Taschen is a German publisher known for excellent books at good prices and you get lots of nice color pictures.
What were the names of the women in Picasso's "Demoiselles d'Avignon"?
by Marguerite on November 10th, 2011
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If a 10 year old child asks me about Picasso, what could I tell him about this artist that he would enjoy?
by Marguerite on October 5th, 2009
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About 15 years ago I saw a painting at a famous museum in Amsterdam...It was a minor piece by Picasso. It was composed of a simple vase
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on October 23rd, 2010
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Do you know the name of Picasso's last painting
by Wildflower66 on April 9th, 2011
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Have all of Picasso's works been catalogued?
by Marguerite on June 23rd, 2011
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No, actually I don't. I have seen so many books about Picasso and Matisse that I don't know where to start. I thought there must be a list of books that an expert might say,"These are the best books to give you a great background of these artists." I don't know if there are that many artists that read as much as I like to read. You're one of those people too, I believe. We love our books.
by Marguerite on May 1st, 2009
Yes I love my books like family members. You could get on the Amazon.com site and check them out there, they now have very good short explanations on what the books are about.
by Carpediem COAT ab imo pectore on May 1st, 2009
Yes, I've just waited to buy these until last. I have so many of the surrealists including several books about Max Ernst and Duchamp because I went to see a whole exhibition of Ernst first and they had some of Duchamps also. I thought if I was reading I could keep the fresh scenes of their works in my head, I would enjoy reading about them more. And it happened just that way. I knew Picasso and Matisse had massive info. I saw their books at the museums in Houston, but I couldn't think about them then.
by Marguerite on May 2nd, 2009
That's a really good answer.
by Anonymous T. Jackson on May 2nd, 2009