Probably the best known and least understood artist of our times in Pablo Picasso, whose spirited and original genius has amazed and delighted the art world for more than half a century.

Here is the exciting story of this great artist's life, told in simple but vivid style by Elizabeth Ripley, whose fine biographies of Dürer, Michelangelo, Goya, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and others are well known to art lovers of all ages. Facing each page of text is a reproduction of a painting or other work of art done during the various important periods of Picasso's life.

Young people, and their parents, too, will find that this book opens new avenues of understanding, appreciation and insight into the sometimes baffling works of this great modern master. In addition, it is alive with the dynamism, intensity and warmth of the man himself.

From the dust jacket