John Richardson, Author . Clarion $15 (, $15 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-618-15974-1
The piglet protagonist of this tale of self-esteem is, outwardly, unimpressive: Wee-skin-and-bones has "crinkly-crumply" ears, a "tiddly-widdly button of a snout" and "absolutely no tail at all," and he can manage only a "
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John Richardson, Author, Marilyn McCully, With . Knopf $40 (592p) ISBN 978-0-307-26665-1
This third volume in Richardson's magisterial biography takes us through Picasso's middle years, as he establishes his mastery over craft, other artists and the women in his life. The story begins the year Picasso falls in love with Olga...
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John Richardson, Author . Random $27.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-679-42490-1
Art writer Richardson (A Life of Picasso: Volumes I and II) scored a success with a recent memoir, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, an account of his life shared with the (arguably) bitchiest art critic of the modern era, Douglas Cooper. He follows up
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John Richardson, Author, John Richardson, Illustrator Hyperion Books $13.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-56282-157-9
Richardson turns the classic children's counting song about bears in a bed (and the little one said, / 'Roll over, roll over!' ) into beautiful bedlam with this high-spirited pop-up book. Inventive paper engineering lends variety to the ways in...
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John Richardson, Author, Marilyn McCully, Author Random House (NY) $45 (1p) ISBN 978-0-394-53192-2
Remarkably intimate yet epic in sweep, this astonishing, continually engaging biography (first installment of a four-volume opus) neither glorifies Picasso nor paints him as an ogre. Richardson, who was the artist's close friend in France for a...
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John Richardson, Author, Marilyn McCully, Author Random House (NY) $55 (0p) ISBN 978-0-394-55918-6
Richardson believes Picasso was ""as much sinned against as sinning,"" at least during the period covered here. This abundantly illustrated second installment of a masterly, indispensable biography puts Picasso in a new light. Shattered by the death
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John Richardson, Author Alfred A. Knopf $26.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-375-40033-9
Richardson is the acclaimed biographer of Picasso, so his gossipy, candid memoir of his 12-year affair with cubist art collector Douglas Cooper (1911-1984) and their doings as part of Picasso's inner circle is something of an art-world event....
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John Richardson. Knopf, $35 (320p) ISBN 978-0-307-26666-8
Art historian Richardson closes out his series of Pablo Picasso biographies with this posthumously published volume (after A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years), a well-analyzed finale. His account opens as Picasso’s marriage to Olga...
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