I have been reading John Richardson's A Life of Picasso - a b
rilliant three volume series that follows the painter from a young man until his death.
rilliant three volume series that follows the painter from a young man until his death. Richardson is a magnificent essayist - clean and evocative prose - and his subject is a man of many facets.
I visited a Picasso workshop when I was in Arles - playing at being Van Gogh. I like to think of them as the the two sides of my Gemini artistic soul.
Along the way.. I can not recall how or why.. I did a quick survey of Gustav Klimt. I was never a huge fan... to be honest I had never spent much time really looking at his work. But when I did take a second look.. what a revelation.
I envy those of you close to Liverpool - there is a great and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see his work at the Tate Gallery outpost there.
Make the pilgrimage.. I would die (well not actually expire) to see the Beethoven Frieze.
