From Library Journal
O'Brian, author of the popular sea adventure yarns, turned his pen to nonfiction in 1976 to produce this portrait of the artist. O'Brian drew from his friendship with Picasso as well as his knowledge of the area in Spain where the artist was raised. For art collections needing more on Picasso.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Best known for his tales of adventure on the high seas, author Patrick O'Brian maintained a friendship with Pablo Picasso that informs his 1976 biography of the artist. Able descriptions of the region in Spain where the painter was raised distinguish the section on Picasso's early years, and O'Brian's candid treatment of the bohemian scene in Paris combine to create a vivid portrait of a time and place vital to the development of art in the modern age.

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