A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years

A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years is the third in a series of biographies of Pablo Picasso. The Triumphant Years covers the middle years of his life from 1917 to 1932.

Fast Facts

1. Author: John Richardson
2. Genre: Biography
3. Publication Date: November 2007
4. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
5. Pages: 592
6. ISBN 9780307266651
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Critical Reception

• The New York Times Book Review: "Richardson is juggling so many people and themes and events with such aplomb that readers may not quite realize what literary pyrotechnics are involved."
• The Washington Post: "…energetically opinionated, sprightly and illuminating in its analytic passages, casually cruel in its put-downs of lesser artists…and downright lubricious in its fascination with sex."
• Publishers Weekly: "[Richardson] is particularly skilled at evoking the humor and sexuality that imbues Picasso's portraits of Marie-Thérèse, who became his mistress when he was 45 and she 17."

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