When Harry Met Pablo: Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art Algeo Matthew
When Harry Met Pablo: Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art Algeo Matthew Truman and Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the…
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When Harry Met Pablo: Truman, Picasso, and the Cold War Politics of Modern Art Algeo Matthew
Truman and Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the twentieth century--the man who painted Guernica and the man who authorized the use of atomic bombs against civilians.But in most ways, they couldn't have been more different. Picasso was an indifferent father, a womanizer, and a millionaire. Picasso was a communist, and probably the only thing Harry Truman hated more than communists was modern art.
How did they come to be shaking hands in front of Picasso's studio in the South of France?Truman's meeting with Picasso was quietly arranged by Alfred H. Truman was utterly devoted to his family and, despite his fame, far from a rich man. Barr Jr., the founding director of New York's Museum of Modern Art and an early champion of Picasso.
Barr knew that if he could convince these two ideological antipodes, the
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