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starring: Biography See Larger Image Used Price: $5.25 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780767024389 Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0767024389 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: A&E Home Video Release Date: April 04, 2000 Running Time: 100 minutes Sales Rank: 3446 Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Related Items: Biography - Vincent Van Gogh: A Stroke Of Genius The Mystery of Picasso Picasso: Magic, Sex, Death Picasso: The Man and His Work - Part 1 (1881-1937) (1986) Picasso: The Man and His Work - Part 2 (1938-1973) see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This two-hour program in A&E's Biography series thoroughly documents the life and work of Picasso. Subtitled A Primitive Soul, Picasso's Spanish roots are depicted in detail through the images that reoccur in his work as a painter. His father was a painter, although Picasso quickly surpassed him and is quoted as having said, 'In art, one has to kill one's father.' In Paris he quickly rose to fame, supported by fellow artists and collectors, although he was haunted by his main competitor, Matisse. Major biographers of Picasso, including John Richardson, comment on the complexities of his life and creativity, his passions for women, his overriding ambition, his competitive nature, as well as his remarkable talent at creating new styles of painting by taking from other artists. As one commentator states, 'He was always a thief.' Big shifts in his work occurred with each new sexual relationship. This program aptly conveys the multitude of his relationships, many of which were happening simultaneously. Enamored by his children when they were young, Picasso lived off the energy of those around him. He remained terrified of death and of being alone. After Franco came to power, he vowed he would never return to Spain under his rule. In 1944, he joined the Communist party and remained loyal to it for the rest of his life. This program is extraordinarily well researched and serves as an eloquent testimony to Picasso's creativity and influence on developments in modern art. --Anne Barclay Morgan Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The Best Picasso Bio I am replacing my copy of this Biography of "Pablo Picasso--a Primitive Soul" because I wore the old one out! I show it several times a year to my Art History classes and I have never tired of it. For some reason, many art history videos are short on images and long on tedious detail. This film has hundreds of paintings and drawings explained chronologically and in detail by interesting people who actually knew Picasso. Especially interesting to students is how much Picasso's art was influenced ... Read More Rating: - All content no convenience Quality A&E program lacks the convenience of a menu page. It runs 100 minutes so finding your place, if you don't watch it in one sitting, is awkward. Rating: - Highly recommend A rich and fascinating story -- well done. Avoided pitfalls so many Picasso writers and movie makers don't -- not gossipy but rich with information. Rating: - Art Imitates Life Pablo Picasso was a remarkably prolific artist whose styles were groundbreaking for the 20th century. His equal appetite for women is presented in this video and one can, for the first time, see his portraits of the women he lived with, loved, abused and had children with. It is a long video (100 minutes) but it held my students spellbound. They hated him for his womanizing, but respected the art. Most of the images come from the Picasso Museum in Paris and are well documented. I loved the interviews ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Documentary - Genres - VHS - Video - General A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - VHS - Video - All A&E Titles Biography - A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - VHS - Video - Artists & Authors