Pablo Picasso: The Public Art and Private Life of the Maestro

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Source/Further reading:

Overviews of Picasso’s life:

Overview of Picasso’s works:

Guernica:

Picasso’s work during WWII:



Picasso and women:

[wadeb]

Picasso: Locks girlfriend in house whenever he leaves; she almost dies in a house fire.
Biographics: “Picasso struggled to maintain normal healthy relationships with women.”

[kenxclout]

Pablo Picasso surprised a burglar at work in his new chateau. The intruder got away, but Picasso told the police he could do a rough sketch of what he looked like.
On the basis of his drawing, the police arrested a mother superior, the minister of finance, a washing machine, and the Eiffel tower.

[nikhtose]

Though a devotee of cubism, I find Picasso's legacy very conflicted. Brilliant, original technique and expression that seize one's attention, but often depicting dark, mysogynistic impulses which repel. In his case, almost impossible to "separate the art from the artist."

[brackishnz]

What's the point of living a life for art when you can't even respect other humans dignity. A selfish petty man.

[ignitionfrn]

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Rites of passages
7:10 - Chapter 2 - Feeling blue
10:30 - Chapter 3 - La vie en rose
13:15 - Chapter 4 - Olga & Marie Thérèse
18:05 - Chapter 5 - The horse & the bull
21:00 - Chapter 6 - Goddesses & doormats
24:30 - Chapter 7 - Legacy
- Chapter 8 -

[nataliamirochnitchenko]

Wow. I was never a fan of his art...I always found it pretty grotesque (the cubism stuff). Now knowing what kind of person he was, I am appalled. THAT SAID, Simon, honest to God, my bf and I watch a lot of your shows and this was one of THE BEST presentations on a complex character I have seen. So much nuance and subtlety in your descriptions. No cheap shots at him. Nothing. Perfection, Simon! Bravo! 🙌

[bunnygirl]

Finding out the context behind his paintings, really helps me to understand and appreciate his work. While, learning about his personal life lowers my opinion of him as a person

[aaronhurst]

My head after Simon read out his full name: "Back to you, Bob."

[saidtoshimaru]

When a german officer saw Guernica he asked picasso:
"Did you do this?"
He answered:
"No. You guys did it".

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

Albert Einstein once wrote:

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science"

[padawanmage]

Would love to see a Biographic on H.R. Giger and his influence in films

[thegunslinger]

Could you cover George Carlin? A philosopher with a sense of humour.

[glc]

Best written episode so far. Concise and articulate and meaningful.

[TheBrassLantern_]

Picasso’s parents: our son gets 100 middle names
My parents: less is more, first and last name is all you need.

[ben]

Guess he’d be in jail if he acted the way he did with women today.

[ElectricGhost]

Dora Maar's story is really interesting. Picasso broke off the affair with her and she had a breakdown. She was committed to an insane asylum where she received shock therapy until the friend who introduced her to Picasso felt bad for her and got her released. She died alone, a spinster, with no children. They found millions of dollars worth of Picasso's art in her house, as he kept communicating with her, and driving her more to the brink with longing. Very sad.

[tiredmask]

The guy every art teacher talks about in elementary school

[christineparis]

A Picasso was just found, in a riverbed outside the city of Athens (Greece), wrapped in plastic, after being stolen by a builder from a museum in the city 9 years ago! The museum had zero security, except for guards who took their many cigarette breaks together so a builder working repairs there had no trouble stuffing the small painting into a bag, along with a couple of dutch masterpieces, and walk out. He never tried to sell them, and apparently, eventually tired of them and threw one away, and wrapped up the Picasso and tossed into a dry riverbed outside of town. How do you get tired of a PICASSO???

[jasonwright]

Picasso was commissioned to paint Stravinsky (russian composer) and Pablo painted him upside down. There is an exercise based on what he did with the painting, that showcases the hand-eye-brain synchronization that is possible. Look it up... It is awesome. I can't draw worth beans .... But that one i actually did really well (recreated the painting of Stravinsky upside down, without looking, all while staring at an image of the painting. Even my stick figure looks like he comes from Chernobyl.... But that one... Wow... I amazed myself. . . . mostly because i didnt know my brain could do that.

[cosgallax]

His figurative art is exquisite. His compositions are always aesthetically resolved. He epitomizes perfection in so many ways.