The author sets out to capture Picasso's early life in this biography, exploring the originality of his art and ambition. At the heart of the interpretation is Picasso's first great love, Fernande Olivier, with whom the artist lived for seven years - a period which included his most revolutionary works. Fernande is given her own voice by way of excerpts from her candid memoirs. Including the artist's friendships with Apollonaire and Gertrude Stein, the book evokes the atmosphere of bohemian life in Paris in the early 1900s.
- ISBN10 0394281969
- ISBN13 9780394281964
- Publish Date 1 December 1996 (first published 1 October 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Imprint Vintage Books Canada
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English