In Montmartre : Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art (Hardcover)

from alanteder

Gertrude Stein: "But it doesn't look like me." Picasso: "It will." - on viewing the Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1906) Sue Roe's "In Montmartre" is a terrific introduction to not only the art world but also to other parts of Paris life and culture from 1900 to 1910. It centres around Henri Matisse...

from michaelbartley

a very nice history about the art world in Paris from 1900 to ww1; she writes about the personal life of the major characters in paris at that time. certainly one of the more storylines is the relationship between Picasso and Matisse. Matisse was 10 years older then Picasso and Matisse had a diff...

from drmaf

Wonderful, colourful book about the second coming of Paris as the centre of avant garde art. Between 1900 and 1910, artists of the calibre of Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Braque, Vlaminck and hangers-on like,Max Jacob, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas swirled around the decaying shacks and ram...

from byebyelibrary

Susan Roe's "In Montmarte" is an extraordinary mix of biography, art history and history. In a style that is subtle and erudite yet extremely accessible and entertaining she explains how and why Modernism was invented in what was a ramshackle hill district in Paris. This is the most enjoyable and...

from drmaf

Wonderful, colourful book about the second coming of Paris as the centre of avant garde art. Between 1900 and 1910, artists of the calibre of Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Braque, Vlaminck and hangers-on like,Max Jacob, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas swirled around the decaying shacks and ram...