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In this lecture, Bernier describes two Picassos. "The Picasso I Knew" was the artist she met in Paris, who showed her work that he had not shown to anyone else, and introduced her to close friends and family. "The Picasso Nobody Knew" was an artist who never threw anything away. She describes his collection of literally thousands of paintings, drawings, sculptures, constructions, prints, and sketch books not destined for public viewing. Every year, the renowned lectures given by Rosamond Bernier at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are sold out months in advance. Her lectures are really conversations, intimate chats about artists, their friends, their society, and their work. With this series of DVDs, your chair at home can become the seat you couldn't buy in New York, as you watch the actual performances filmed as they were given "Live at the Met." As cofounder of L'Oeil, the influential vanguard art magazine published in Paris, Bernier became friendly with Matisse, Picasso, Miró, Léger, Braque, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Duchamp, and many other modern masters. These lectures have a depth that only a firsthand acquaintance would allow.
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