John Richardson – an Art Historian & Picasso Biographer died at 95
John Richardson’s home with a portrait of him by Andy Warhol. Photo by François Halard, courtesy of Rizzoli.
Artnet obit
From left to right: son Paolo, Picasso, Jacqueline, daughter-in-law Christine,
art expert John Richardson, poet Jean Cocteau and art historian Douglas Cooper
Photo via
Modigliani, Picasso & Andre Salmon.
(John Richardson – A Life of Picasso Volume II 1997.)
I read enough John Richardson. He is as pious about Picasso as a banker is about his gold reserves.
Poetry and painting are fundamentally difficult. Poetry is essentially without pecuniary value. Art can be more valuable than gold or platinum.
(A day before the passing of John Richardson, there was a lively discussion on FB on Picasso)