Historian digs deep to get to the heart of Pablo Picasso’s success as an artist

Published by the National Gallery in Washington and written by Timothy James Clark, former professor of art history at Berkeley University, Picasso and Truth gives a new insight into the life and work of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

From his earliest forays as an artist in late 19th century Barcelona, when he emulated the Realist style of the celebrated — and now often overlooked — Catalan painters Santiago Rusinol and Ramon Casas, right through to his late paintings, Picasso always sought to attract attention, create controversy and to portray mankind and the psychology of men — but more particularly of women — in a visceral and immediate way.