In the early years of the twentieth century, a retired legal clerk in Montmartre named Leon Angely collected Picassos, Modiglianis, and Utrillos before any of these artists were well known. And he purchased many of these creations after his failing vision left him almost completely blind. Legend has it that Léon was assisted by a young girl who served as his ‘eyes, ‘ and based on her description of the work he would make his selections. This homage to the ‘blind man who was crazy for color’ uncovers previously unknown information about this important yet largely forgotten figure who inspired one of Picasso’s most powerful engravings, featuring a ‘Blind Minotaur’ being led by a little girl. The book is illustrated with original artwork by Picasso’s model and muse, Sylvette David, who posed for the painter when she was only nineteen years old, in 1954. Now eighty-seven, Sylvette credits Picasso with inspiring her to devote her life to painting. Her work is frequently exhibited in Europe, and in 2021 she was invited to lecture at the Musée Picasso is Paris. Includes 16 black-and-white and 25 color illustrations.
Tabella dei contenuti
— Picasso, Modigliani, and a Blind Art Collector Named Leon Angely
— Sylvette David
— Bibliography
— Notes
Circa l’autore
In 1954 in Vallauris, France, a beautiful young woman named SYLVETTE DAVID crossed paths with the century’s greatest artist, Pablo Picasso. She soon became the subject of hundreds of Picasso’s drawings, paintings, and sculptures — one towering thirty-six-feet high. Sylvette subsequently devoted her life to painting, and in 2017 she published her memoir, I Was Sylvette, co-authored with her daughter, the sculptor Isabel Coulton. Sylvette’s latest series of watercolors, commissioned for this book, portray the blind art collector Léon Angély and his precocious child guide, who each unwittingly served to inspire one of Picasso’s greatest engravings.
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