CBS REPORTS: PICASSO IS 90 (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. This program focuses on the life and art of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. Highlights of this report include the following: Picasso's childhood in Malaga and Barcelona; Picasso's biographer, Sir Roland Penrose, comments on the artist's life and artistic development, beginning with the Blue Period and the Rose Period; art critic Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler discusses "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"; Picasso's and Georges Braque's development of the cubist style; the imagery of the circus and the bullfight in Picasso's work; the meaning behind Picasso's "Guernica," a painting that symbolizes the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War; a discussion about Picasso's marriages and mistresses; a talk with William Rubin, curator of the Museum of Modern Art, concerning Picasso's work; and a look at Picasso's later work in ceramics. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: October 21, 1971 Thursday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0038
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Art, Modern; Painting; She Made It Collection (Christine Ockrent)
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1959-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Burton Benjamin … Executive Producer
- William K. McClure … Producer
- Christine Ockrent … Associate Producer
- Irene Hess … Production (Misc.), Associated in production
- Nicola Bent … Production (Misc.), Associated in production
- Jeanne Solomon … Production (Misc.), Associated in production
- Charles Collingwood … Writer, Reporter
- Pablo Picasso
- Georges Braque
- William Rubin
- Roland Penrose
- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler