Picasso & The Weeping Women: The Years of Marie-Thérese Walter & Dora Maar

by Judi Freeman

In a book that examines the powerful body of work in which Picasso developed his potent and harrowing motif of the weeping woman, Judi Freeman's illuminating text examines the weeping woman images in detail and explains their works of private agony and public grief. 145 illustrations, 110 in color. Size D. Available.

Genres: Art

215 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 1994

Reviews

[Kaleb Hawkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had picked up a bunch of books from pico rob library in an attempt to learn more about the history and technique of oil painting. I took notes on this like it was for a grade and looked up picasso quizes online afterwards because I MISS SCHOOL. And also I'm trying to paint more but I'mso illinformed on art history. This book was wildly informative and an interesting focus on the relationship between an artist and their muse.

Picasso led such a messy life, cheating on the women that he was cheating on his wife with. But there's something so fascinating about his reliance on a muse and how his involvement in different art movements can be identified by the woman that he was in love with at the time. Even within various portraits of the same woman, you can tell where his heart's at by looking at the jaggedness of their teeth or the vibrancy of their color.

This book definitely isn't a fluff piece for the genius that is Picasso. Freeman doesn't stray from discussing the controversial issues that surrounded Picasso (mostly his involvement with a 17 year old who he fell in love with because she would "do whatever he wanted"). But so often biographies leave out moments that help fully contextualize a person for the sake of maintaining a legacy. I hope that the other books I read in this art exploration have the same integrity.

[Craig Masten · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a museum catalog for a show exhibiting the works of Picasso relating to his weeping women pictures and their relation to his masterpiece Guernica. Included were all the works in the show, and a fairly informative commentary which showed how the paintings related both to his political beliefs in the years leading from the Spanish Civil War to World War II, as well as to his relationships with the women in his life at that time

[Ojo Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saw this exhibit at LACMA