Portraiture has managed to flourish in modern painting in spite of the popularization of photography, the decline of traditional patronage, and modernism's increasing emphasis on abstraction. However problematic modern styles have been for representational art, painters have continued to discover new possibilities in the imaging of the human face. This book explores the challenge of the modernist portrait through the multiple solutions proposed by its foremost protagonist and, in so doing, becomes the first volume ever published on the subject of Picasso and portraiture. The hundreds of works reproduced here - most of them unfamiliar, some virtually unknown - demonstrate the remarkable range of Picasso's experimentation in all its stylistic and psychological diversity. The book opens with an authoritative, broad-ranging essay by William Rubin; the nine essays that follow - all by major contemporary scholars and critics - examine different periods and aspects of Picasso's career and clarify personal relationships between the artist and his subjects. It closes with an essay by Mr. Rubin on the late portraits. Numerous photographs, some never before published and many by outstanding photographers, present the portrait subjects as seen through the eye of the camera. This book, published to accompany a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, opening in April 1996, no doubt will long remain the definitive work on its subject.

Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation

Arts & Photography

RUBIN, William

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Daix, Pierre

VARNEDOE, Kirk

Baldassari, Anne

McCully, Marilyn

Seckel, Helene

Rosenblum, Robert

Léal, Brigitte

Grand Palais (Paris, France)

FitzGerald, Michæl C.

History & Criticism

Museum of Modern Art

Matisse Picasso

Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art, as polar opposites but also as complementary figures. Between them they are the originators of many of the most significant innovations of 20th-century painting and sculpture, but their relationship has rarely been explored in all of its closeness and complexity. In spite of their initial rivalry, the two masters eventually acknowledged one another as equals, becoming, in their old age, increasingly important to one another both artistically and personally. From the time of their initial encounters in 1906 in Gertrude and Leo Stein's Paris studio until 1917, they individually produced some of the greatest art of the 20th century and maintained an openly competitive relationship brimming with intense innovation. This period saw them create such works as Picasso's majestic "Woman with a Fan" of 1908 and Matisse's great portrait of his wife of 1913. Matisse responds to Synthetic Cubism in his "Piano Lesson" of 1916 and Picasso comes back in turn with a new, more decorative Cubism in "Three Musicians" of 1921. The 20s saw them grow apart, as Matisse moved from Paris to Nice and Picasso became involved with the Surrealists, but the 30s brought them together again, through their sheer fame and devotion to reality-based art. Their story continues until Matisse's death in 1954, when Picasso paid his friend and colleague tribute in his series Women of Algiers, of which he said, "When Matisse died, he left his odalisques to me as a legacy." Matisse Picasso presents the artists' oeuvres in groupings that reveal the affinities but also the extreme contrasts of their artistic visions. Published to accompany the landmark exhibition, a joint effort of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate Modern, London; the Raunion des musaes nationaux/Musae Picasso and the Musae national d'art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Matisse Picasso is the first major examination of the fascinating relationships between their art, their careers, and their lives. Thirty-four essays, each by a member of the exhibition's curatorial team, focus on a particular moment in the artists' evolving relationship. The authors present in-depth analyses of specific aspects of the unique artistic dialogue between Matisse and Picasso as reflected in selected juxtapositions of each artist's works. These texts are accompanied by an introductory history, commentary on the public perception of important artistic relationships, and an extensive chronology.

Matisse, Henri

Cowling, Elizabeth

Golding, John

Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle

PICASSO, Pablo

Individual Artists

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Picasso : Masterpieces From the Musee National Picasso, Paris: November 12, 2011-March 25, 2012

Paris: Musee National Picasso

This work accompanies an exhibition organised, in partnership, by Tate Modern, the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, and the Museum of Modern Art. It examines the crucial relationship between Matisse and Picasso. The introduction explains the way in which the work of each artist both inspired and often provoked the other. The illustrations of the paintings and sculptures are grouped in sections, each accompanied by an introductory text, with the intention of demonstrating evidence of artistic encounters between Matisse and Picasso over the course of their careers. In fact later in life Picasso himself stated that time would show that he and Matisse had been following very similar paths during the years that had established their individual artistic supremacy.

Elderfield,John

Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd

Icônes de l'Art moderne: La collection Chtchoukine

Gallimard]

* An exceptional exhibition catalog, a dive into the 19th and 20th century painting* Gathers 130 masterpieces togetherThe Fondation Louis Vuitton's unprecedented 2016 exhibition brought together 130 masterpieces, among the most iconic of the collection created in Moscow by the great Russian art patron, Sergei Shchukin. From Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1866) by Claude Monet, the Mardi gras (1888-90) by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin's Tahitian odalisque Eh quoi, tu es jalouse? (1892), the luminescent panel L'Atelier du peintre (1911) by Henri Matisse, to conclude with Pablo Picasso's Trois femmes (1908), the magnificence of Shchukin's collection is exhibited here. Extended by a group of some 30 major works from the Russian avant-gardes, including Counter Relief (1916) by Vladimir Tatlin, Green Stripe (1917) by Olga Rozanova, and Kazimir Malevich's monochrome painting, Black Suprematie Square (1929), Icons of Modern Art covers the extreme breadth of this journey through 19th- and 20th-century creation. The presentation of these exceptional works, where our collective gaze comes together, constitutes an exemplary "painting lesson."

Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection

Editions Gallimard

Le second volet de la grande manifestation "Icônes de l'art moderne" organisée par la Fondation Louis Vuitton réunit plus de 170 chefs-d'oeuvre inestimables de la collection d'art moderne français et russe des frères moscovites Mikhaïl et Ivan Morozov.Après celui de Sergueï Chtchoukine, la Fondation Louis Vuitton poursuit son exploration de l'univers culturel et intellectuel des collectionneurs mécènes russes, pionniers de l'art moderne. Présentée pour la première fois hors de Russie, la Collection Morozov rassemble des oeuvres iconiques de Manet, Rodin, Monet, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol, Matisse, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain et Picasso aux côtés d'artistes emblématiques de l'art russe au tournant du siècle tels que Répine, Vroubel, Korovine, Golovine, Sérov, Larionov, Gontcharova, Malévitch, Machkov, Kontchalovski, Outkine, Sarian ou Konenkov. La présentation inédite de ces artistes constitue une redécouverte exceptionnelle.Philanthropes des arts, les frères Mikhaïl Abramovitch Morozov (1870-1903) et Ivan Abramovitch Morozov (1871-1921) ont dominé la vie culturelle moscovite entre la fin du XIXᵉ et le début du XXᵉ siècle, au même titre que les Trétiakov, Mamontov, Riabouchinski et Chtchoukine. Leur soutien inconditionnel à l'art contemporain européen et russe contribuera largement à la reconnaissance internationale des peintres modernes français.\nFrom the Back Cover\nLe second volet de la grande manifestation "Icônes de l'art moderne" organisée par la Fondation Louis Vuitton réunit plus de 170 chefs-d'oeuvre inestimables de la collection d'art moderne français et russe des frères moscovites Mikhaïl et Ivan Morozov.Après celui de Sergueï Chtchoukine, la Fondation Louis Vuitton poursuit son exploration de l'univers culturel et intellectuel des collectionneurs mécènes russes, pionniers de l'art moderne. Présentée pour la première fois hors de Russie, la Collection Morozov rassemble des oeuvres iconiques de Manet, Rodin, Monet, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol, Matisse, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain et Picasso aux côtés d'artistes emblématiques de l'art russe au tournant du siècle tels que Répine, Vroubel, Korovine, Golovine, Sérov, Larionov, Gontcharova, Malévitch, Machkov, Kontchalovski, Outkine, Sarian ou Konenkov. La présentation inédite de ces artistes constitue une redécouverte exceptionnelle.Philanthropes des arts, les frères Mikhaïl Abramovitch Morozov (1870-1903) et Ivan Abramovitch Morozov (1871-1921) ont dominé la vie culturelle moscovite entre la fin du XIXᵉ et le début du XXᵉ siècle, au même titre que les Trétiakov, Mamontov, Riabouchinski et Chtchoukine. Leur soutien inconditionnel à l'art contemporain européen et russe contribuera largement à la reconnaissance internationale des peintres modernes français.

La collection Morozov: Icônes de l'Art moderne

Review 
A masterclass on Impressionist and Modern Art. ― 
HypeArt\nFrench and Russian art on a ‘War and Peace' scale. ― 
The New York Times 
 From the Back Cover 
The second installment of Icons of Modern Art, the major exhibition organized by Fondation Louis Vuitton, brings together more than 170 unparalleled masterpieces from the collection of modern French and Russian art created by the Muscovite brothers Mikhail and Ivan Morozov.Following the exhibition of the collection of Sergei Shchukin, Fondation Louis Vuitton continues its exploration of the cultural and intellectual world of Russia's collectors and patrons, pioneers of modern art. Presented for the fi rst time outside Russia, the Morozov collection includes iconic works by Manet, Rodin, Monet, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol, Matisse, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain, and Picasso, alongside works of celebrated Russian artists from the turn of the twentieth century, such as Repin, Vrubel, Korovin, Golovin, Serov, Larionov, Goncharova, Malevich, Mashkov, Konchalovsky, Utkin, Saryan, and Konenkov. The unprecedented presentation of work by these artists represents an exceptional opportunity for discovering them anew. The philanthropic brothers Mikhail Abramovich Morozov (1870-1903) and Ivan Abramovich Morozov (1871-1921) dominated Moscow's cultural life from the end of the nineteenth century until the early twentieth century, along with the Tretyakov, Mamontov, Ryabushinsky, and Shchukin families. Their unconditional support of European and Russian contemporary art was integral to the international recognition of modern French painters. 
 About the Author 
Anne Baldassari is a noted author, art historian and curator based in Paris. She is an expert on Picasso and from 2005 to 2014 was the president of the Musée National Picasso in Paris. She is the curator of the exhibition, and the editor of the catalog.\nAlbert Kostenevitch, a senior curator in the Western European Art Department at the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg); Mikhail Dedinkin, a curator of exhibitions and Deputy Head of the Western European Art Department at the State Hermitage Museum; Ilia Doronchenkov, Deputy Director for Research at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow); Natalia Semenova, art historian and the author of numerous books, including “The Collector: The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces” (Yale University Press, 2018), and “Morozov: The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection” (Yale University Press, 2020); Tatiana Udenkova, curator and Director at the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow); Jean-Claude Marcadé, research director emeritus at CNRS (Centre national de la recherché scientifique), and a specialist in Russian avant-garde art.

Icons of Modern Art: The Morozov collection

Picasso surréaliste (MUSEE, CATALOGUE D'EXPO) (French Edition)

Flammarion

The extent to which photography influenced the work of Pablo Picasso is now considered by scholars to be of great importance in the understanding of the artist's entire oeuvre. Linked to a major exhibition, this beautifully illustrated books present a unique view into Picasso's relationship with the photographic arts. The presence in his personal estate of several thousand photographic images, donated to the French government upon his death, prompted this study and bears powerful witness to the artist's versatility and imaginative depth. The collection featured here includes nineteenth-century portraits, postcards featuring colonial themes or ethnic groups in regional dress, as well as portraits, self-portraits and studio views taken by Picasso himself. Already at the turn of the century, they contributed to the artist's figurative expression as well as to his major cubist interpretations. The artist commanded a wealth of themes, styles, and media over his long and productive career, and he explored drawing, painting, and sculpture. His voracious appetite for experimentation led him to push the medium to unorthodox extremes, both stylistically and technically. The range of Picasso's photographic production comprises a variety of forms and techniques and resulted in independent works of art: superimposed photographs, cliché-verres, photo-based engravings, photograms and original drawings on photographs, slides, collages, and photographic cutouts. His collaborations with other artists such as Dora Maar, Brassaï, Gjon Mili, and André Villers reveal a playful inventiveness, and demonstrate his ability to push photography in unexpected directions. The works featured in this study provide new insight into Picasso's creative world. An outstanding text by Anne Baldassari makes a major contribution to Picasso scholarship by examining what could be the last unknown area of the artist's work.

Picasso and Photography: The Dark Mirror

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