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About Pierre Daix

Birth

1922

Death

2014

First book

1967

Years writing

59

Biography

Pierre Georges Daix was a French journalist, writer and art historian. He was a friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso.

Pierre Daix was a multifaceted French intellectual who excelled as a journalist, writer, and art critic.

His profound work as an art historian led him to create a fundamental catalogue raisonné on Picasso's blue and rose periods.

During his youth, he demonstrated his courage and commitment by actively participating in the French Resistance.

Throughout his prolific career, he published nearly a hundred works exploring 20th-century history and biography.

Beyond writing, Daix also explored the world of cinema by working as a film director.