Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast

Episode 1: Love
Picasso starts to gain fame as a groundbreaking artist in Paris and falls in love.

From an early age, Picasso expressed a prodigious work effort, diverted only by romantic affairs. After an artistic training in Spain, he moved to Paris and began to gain fame as an innovative artist. But as this documentary reveals, he also fell in love. But like many of his affairs, the relationship was difficult, and soon his attentions are drawn to another woman.

Episode 2: Life
As Europe descends into war, Picasso creates some of his greatest artistic achievements.

Now established as one of the greats of the modern art world, Picasso holds an extraordinary one-man show in Paris. As another relationship crumbles, he embarked on a double life with his 17-year-old mistress. As his private life grew more turbulent, the world descended into war, the horror of which inspired some of his greatest work, including the masterpiece Guernica.

Episode 3: Legacy
Picasso’s later years find both his creativity and his sexual appetites undimmed.

Picasso’s later years find both his prodigious creativity and his sexual appetites undimmed. He explored new artistic mediums such as ceramics and film, as he started another tempestuous romance. After his relationship with Dora Maar sours, he falls in love with a much younger artist, Francoise Gilot, only to find she has a strong will of her own. It would change Picasso forever.