Life With Picasso

"Francoise Gilot's tale of her personal life with Picasso does have a sour tone. True to form in narratives of estrangement, the author is the long-suffering victim, soliciting the reader's sympathy and admiration for her self-sacrifice and patience. Like many men of extraordinary creative energy, Picasso is monstrously difficult. And what else is new? What is new is Francoise Gilot's relentless delineation of his monstrosities....Yet, the book has an importance. To Mlle. Gilot's great credit, nothing in their personal life tarnished her respect for his genius. As Boswell of his esthetics, she is without bile. A painter, his model, and an intelligent woman, she is a superb witness to Picasso as an artist and to his views on art. Through the course of several paintings, Picasso's intentions, his way of working and his fearless invention are brilliantly revealed."Gilot, Francoise is the author of 'Life With Picasso' with ISBN 9780385261869 and ISBN 0385261861.