The bond between Pablo Picasso and Lump, a stray dachshund, serves as the focal point of this photographic collection. Captured by David Douglas Duncan, these images highlight the deep connection between the artist and his canine companion, illustrating how Lump inspired Picasso's creativity. This unique portrayal offers a glimpse into a lesser-known chapter of 20th-century art history, showcasing the interplay between art and companionship.
David Douglas Duncan introduced Lump, a stray dachshund, to Pablo Picasso in 1957. It was love at first sight, and Lump became the artist's inseparable companion and sometime muse. This collection of photographs, celebrating Picasso and Lump's relationship, is a record of mini-chapter in the history of 20th-century art.
For the last 17 years of Picasso's life, David Douglas Duncan was a friend of the artist and his family. He took 25,000 photographs of the man himself, his paintings and his studio. In this book, Duncan shares his most candid images of Picasso at work.
Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Korean War, this book contains combat photographs forming a narrative of courage, grimness, ordeal and loyalty. It follows a group of marines through a series of battles, and contains text to explain the circumstances of each photograph.
David Douglas Duncan dokumentiert das Leben, das Picasso und Jacqueline gemeinsam in ihrem Zuhause führten. Der Autor war ein Freund des Paares und hält die Zeit fest, die er mit ihnen verbrachte, von seinem ersten Besuch 1956 bis zu Picassos Tod 1973 und danach, bis Jacqueline 1986 starb. Er porträtiert ihren Alltag, ihre Freizeit und intime Momente und zeigt Picasso bei der Arbeit an seinen Gemälden. Duncan erinnert sich: "Wir drei genossen ein Leben, das so nah, lässig und natürlich war, dass ich meine Kameras benutzen konnte, als ob weder sie noch ich existierten."
From the front flap of this 149-page "This romantic odyssey through all of Van Gogh's hauntingly beautiful sunflower paintings, and David Douglas Duncan's unknown poetic photography from the sunflower belt of southern France, pays tribute at once to the artist's achievement and the dazzling flower itself. Inspired by Van Gogh's vibrantly painted canvasses, Duncan set out on a journey to capture with color camera the plant that had so intrigued the artist. Scarce in Van Gogh's own time, the sunflower of today grows across Europe in ever-increasing numbers of fields to satisfy the commercial demand for vegetable oil. This vast floral extravaganza vies with the Dutch tulip fields for spectacular beauty and abundance, yet has been ignored until now. With photographs, Duncan reveals his own obsession to document the flower. He sought out the source of Van Gogh's inspiration at Arles, then farther afield, from Provence to the Atlantic. In the eleven known paintings of sunflowers by Van Gogh (reproduced here all together in color for the first time) and Duncan's dramatic pictures, this book celebrates a countryside flower through the eyes of two artists."
A celebratory collection of over one hundred of the finest photographs ever taken of Picasso at work and play evokes the extraordinary vitality and creative, emotional depth of this great artist
Eine Sammlung von Fotografien aus dem Leben und Werk von Pablo Picasso, aufgenommen von seinem Freund, dem preisgekrönten Fotojournalisten David Douglas Duncan.
Martin Gray nasce a Varsavia in una famiglia ebraica polacca. Durante la guerra, nel ghetto di Varsavia, vive la miseria, l'umiliazione e la paura. A Treblinka sperimenta l'orrore inimmaginabile dei campi di sterminio nazisti, dove perdono la vita i suoi genitori e i suoi fratelli. Riesce a fuggire da un campo di concentramento, attaccato al telaio di un camion, e successivamente si unisce all'Armata Rossa, per poi emigrare negli Stati Uniti. Finalmente arriva la pace. Martin ricompone a pezzi la sua nuova vita e incontra sua moglie Dina. Tuttavia, un giorno, in una calda giornata nel sud della Francia, il destino lo colpisce nuovamente. Martin Gray desidera raccontare la sua vita, per i suoi cari scomparsi e per se stesso. Non è sicuro di poter esprimere a parole la sventura che lo ha colpito, la sua lotta contro un destino avverso e il motivo per cui ha scelto di continuare a vivere. Vuole parlare affinché il libro diventi un monumento alla sua famiglia e a tutti i suoi amati.
