Pablo Picasso (On My Own Biography) - Softcover

Lowery, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575053705 ISBN 13: 9781575053707

Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™, 2000

Synopsis

This biography for new readers tells Pablo Picasso's story by describing the evolution of his art--from his Blue Period to his Rose Period to cubism. As a child in Spain, Picasso drew pigeons, bullfights, and guitars. When he left home, he painted people who were poor and lonely like he was. During his Rose Period in Paris, he painted happy pictures. Young readers can follow the most significant events of Picasso's life told in an engaging story format, as they're represented in his art.

About this title

About the Authors

Linda Lowery is an award-winning author of more than 60 fiction and nonfiction books for readers from preschool to middle grade. She currently lives in Tennessee.

Janice Lee Porter was born and raised in Chicago. She has a BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from California State University, Chico. She is the illustrator of over two dozen children's books and is an art faculty member at Shasta College in Redding, California, where she teaches painting and drawing. She lives in Chico, California.

Reviews

Grade 2-4-This biography, unbroken by chapters, reads like fiction. The story covers Picasso's life from early childhood to his death. His Blue and Rose Periods are suitably explained, although more detail is given to his cubism era. His many relationships with women are, appropriately for this age range, glossed over. The illustrations are representative of Picasso's different styles. Perhaps his most famous painting, Guernica, is the only work reproduced here. The author states, "In 1944, Guernica was put on display at the World's Fair in Paris. War was still going on in France then." This is simply not true. The painting was displayed there in 1937, before World War II even started. Furthermore, there was no World's Fair in 1944. This suggests sloppy research and editing. Mike Venezia's Picasso (Children's, 1988) aptly covers the same information and gives many more examples of the artist's work.
Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575053705
• ISBN 13: 9781575053707
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Porter Janice Lee
• Number of pages: 48