John Richardson

Diana Widmaier Picasso, art historian and granddaughter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse, and Picasso biographer John Richardson, discuss organizing the Gagosian Gallery’s new exhibition, Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’amour fou. It brings together the paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints inspired by one of Picasso’s most ideal models and enduring passions. She became the catalyst for some of his most exceptional work, from groundbreaking paintings to an inspired return to sculpture in the 1930s, yet her true identity remained a secret from even Picasso’s closest friends.

Picasso friend and biographer John Richardson has put together an unprecedented exhibition of the artist’s late paintings. "Picasso: Mosqueteros" is the first US exhibition in more than 25 years of Picasso's late paintings, and is organized around a large group of important, rarely seen works from ...

Between 1917 and 1932, Pablo Picasso found his artistic style, drifted away from his wife, and began an affair with a much younger woman. The third volume of John Richardson’s A Life of Picasso biography series focuses on those years.

A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 is available ...