false 707141 7 By general consensus, Pablo Picasso is the most brilliant and influential artist of this century.  Despite this supreme position in the history of art, he has nonetheless eluded and frustrated critics.  Getting an intimate sense of the character of Picasso appears almost impossible; his macho posture and his incomparable range of styles seem designed to keep everyone who is interested in him at a distance.  Who better than another legendary artist, Norman Mailer, to enter inside so enigmatic and protean a mind?<br><br>In <i>Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man</i>, Mailer sets out to capture the meaning of Picasso's life and art and explores in bold fashion the originality of his ambition.  Commenting upon much of the critical work on Picasso that has appeared over the years, Mailer's biography brings us closer to the young artist than we have ever been before.  Much at the heart of Mailer's interpretation in Picasso's first great love, Fernande Olivier, with whom the artist lived for seven years--a period that included Picasso's most revolutionary works, from the explosive innovations of <i>Les Demoiselles d'Avignon</i> to the mysteries of Cubism itself.  To understand Picasso in these years, Mailer argues, it is necessary to follow his relationship with the extraordinary Fernande, who is here given her own voice by way of excerpts from her candid memoirs, hitherto unpublished in English.  Since this period also includes Picasso's friendships with Apollinaire and Gertrude Stein, the book evokes the charm and special character of bohemian life in Paris in the early 1900s. 760011 1994 Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man total:88|5:18|4:29|3:27|2:11|1:3| 88 312 137 8 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 21:05:09 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:27:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 12:07:29 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 12:12:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 14:17:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 14:19:27 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sun May 17 08:01:40 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 08:02:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 12 11:52:25 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 20 21:11:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Feb 28 17:25:03 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 17:25:03 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 17 21:32:45 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 21:33:32 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 04:52:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 05:46:22 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Nov 15 21:55:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 21:55:39 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 01:04:15 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 01:04:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 06:56:36 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 06:56:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 25 07:48:53 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 07:48:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 02:02:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 02:02:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 10:39:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:39:42 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Oct 15 22:05:27 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 22:05:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 14:26:39 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 14:26:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 12 11:12:09 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 11:12:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 07:46:53 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 07:46:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 17:10:26 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 17:10:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 10 15:54:01 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 15:54:10 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=707141