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A funny and peculiar war it was. Especially in wartime Vichy Paris which stretched the lexicon of all the imaginative permutations that plumbed the bottom of French culture. The complexities of that particular context were splendidly shrewd and also quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Resnais, Alan Riding, Albert Camus, Dreyfus Affair, henri Bergson, jacqueline delubac, Jean Cocteau, Jean Paul Sartre, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Marc Bloch, marcel Ophul, marcel ophuls, Max Jacob, robert brasillach, Sacha Guitry, Sarah Bernhardt
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PICASSO & IDEALS OF PEACE: Better Red than Fed
Pablo Picasso found himself in Paris during World War II. Stranded……. Overall, reading through Matisse’s correspondence with Camoin in La Revue de l’Art (12, 1971) makes me suspect that Matisse’s behavior during Vichy had little to do directly with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Albert Camus, Aristide Maillol, Carl Goldstein, Charles Camoin, Dave Douglas, Dave Douglas Duncan, Demetrios Galanis, Dina Vierny, Donald Kuspit, Dora Maar, Ernst Junger, Florence Gould, Frederic Spotts, Georges Duthuit, Gerhard Heller, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling, Jean Cocteau, Jean Paul Sartre, Jean Paulhan, Leonard Cohen, Louis Aragon, Marcel Jouhandeau, Marie-Louise Bousquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Max Jacob, Megan Meighan, Michele C. Cone, Michele Leight, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Fournier, Ramon Fernandez, Richard Eder, Riva Castleman, Rob Cameron, Robert E. Lester, Rosalind Krauss, Sacha Guitry, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Spott
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PICASSO’S REFLEX ANXIETY :2 1/2 Men & Close Encounter of the 3 1/2 Kind
Perhaps more than any other artist, Pablo Picasso depicted the dark side; the Darth Vader of the human psyche, as well as the positive and the beautiful…This departure by Picasso from the so-called “civilized” and classical influences of Western art … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Andre Breton, Carl Goldstein, Darth Vader, David Galenson, Donald Kuspit, Edmond Fortier, Edward Fry, Ernst Junger, Fernande Olivier, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Braque, Gertrude Stein, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Matisse, J.K. Huysmans, jack Flam, John Berger, Jonathan Richman, Jonathan Richman The Modern Lovers, Laura Ball, Leo Steinberg, Max Kosloff, Megan Meighan, Michele Leight, Norman Mailer, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Pete Hamill, Richard Hamilton, Robert J. Sternberg, Robert Smithson, Rosalind Krauss, Satie, Sigmund Freud, Stravinsky, Vladimir Tatlin
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MATISSE: War Years and the Morals of Color
Certainly, the war years seems to bring out some ambiguous behavior on the part of French artists in occupied France. On the one hand, it greatly reduced the competition from foreign sources and citizens not of the “vieux souche” , … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Andre Derain, Andre Lhote, Charles Camoin, E. Teriade, Georges Duthuit, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling, Hilton Kramer, Jean Laude, John Elderfield, Laura McPhee, Louis Aragon, Louis Vauxcelles, Marshall Petain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Michele C. Cone, Pablo Picasso, Pete Hamill, Richard Eder, Teriade, Teriade Verve Magazine
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MATISSE:Supreme Indifference to Context
During the war years, Matisse lived first in his apartment in Nice and later in a rented villa in the ancient hilltown of Vence, recovering slowly from the abdominal operation of March, 1941, that left him a semi-invalid for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Amelie Matisse, Charles Camoin, Hilary Spurling, Jean Laude, Laura McPhee, Lydia Delectorskaya, Maurice de Vlaminck, Michele C. Cone, Michele Leight, Michelle Leight, Pete Hamill, Riva Castleman, Rouveyre, Sacha Guitry
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PICASSO HO HUM:The Banality of Evil?
The story of Picasso’s Guernica is in itself a study of myth and of enduring magic….Even Picasso could not a foreseen the impact of Guernica and his own struggles living in occupied France. The political situation forced Picasso into isolation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Andre Derain, Andre Lhote, Ernst Junger, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Jean Bazaire, Jean Du Buffon, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Julien Hervier, Leo Steinberg, Maurice de Vlaminck, Michele C. Cone, Pablo Picasso, Paul Fluard, Pete Hamill, Richard Eder, Robert Luongo
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