Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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times, How hard it is to be a great artist...
WHEN TIME Correspondent Fred Klein stopped by last month at Picasso's villa in Cannes, the artist's first question was whether Klein had seen the latest Picasso show in Paris. Klein replied that he had, produced the catalogue to prove it. Delighted, Picasso grabbed some colored crayons, whipped off a quick sketch on the catalogue's cover showing a faun with red eyes, blue nose and green beard, then signed it as a souvenir of the visit (see cut). For the firsthand account that Klein brought back with him of Picasso's life today, plus...
Everywhere there are signs of the prodigious energy of the most dynamic and disturbing artist of his time. Ferocious bronze owls glare from under the palms, a huge stone head of a woman lies in the basin of the fountain, plywood pipe-players are scattered about the lawn. Inside, the three main rooms are jammed. Canvases crowd the walls, spill out of crates. Weird ceramics stand in disheveled confusion on the floor. The rest of the space is taken up by a litter of objects that Picasso collects compulsively, objects that may set him off on a new theme...
Crumbs from the Table. Picasso has been called "a volcano in constant eruption," and his continued volcanic - and unpredictable - activity has made him a phenomenon almost unique in the history of art. No other artist has ever commanded so wide a fame in his own lifetime. His name is almost a synonym for modern art. His works have set off debates in Levittown living rooms, rocked the cafes of Montmartre, built up pressures in Moscow. If a friend in need asks for help, Picasso can manufacture money simply by sketching a few lines on the back of a menu...
...modern draftsmen. The overall impression is of a great painter who has painted few absolute masterpieces, because he seldom lingered long enough with any one work to bring it to perfection. But even his failures are monumental - testament of a man made in a larger mold than any other artist of his time...