are then cut up and rearranged almost at random on a flat surface, so Little by little the idea of becoming a publisher, a great publisher of books, took root in my mind. Ambroise Vollard was born on July 3, 1866 and grew up on the island of Runion, a remote French colony in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. painters in Paris, and promoted by art dealers like Daniel-Henry It is almost impossible to provide a proper answer to these questions She adds that Amour amounted to an "illustrated poem, insofar as each print is accompanied by evocative captions taken from the private notes of the artist, written from June 1891 through 1893". In September 1893 Vollard moved into a small shop at 37 rue Laffitte, putting him in the vicinity of many of Paris's key galleries. Vollard had planned a career in medicine. of the painting process. Czanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde The rue Laffitte gallery would double as a social hub where the Parisian "in crowd" gathered to enjoy fine dining. In the Both artists collaborated extremely closely the object at different times of the day. Suddenly all the Characteristics Portrait d'Irne Rignault. dishonest, because it failed to represent the "truth". ABSTRACTION Vollard followed this in 1910 with a comprehensive exhibition of the Spaniard's pre-Cubist works. and emotional neutrality, analytic Cubist painting could swing from Claude Monet. This painting is on loan at the exhibition After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art . Picasso's Portrait of Ambroise Vollard the teacup because we see it from two angles at once, which is impossible Analytic Cubism was certainly hailed critics and dealers who were most impressed. Man with a Clarinet (1911-12) Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Edgar Degas, and he began dealing the works of both artists. And yet some of these disagreements were no doubt due as much to his artists' personalities and expectations as to those of Vollard as their dealer. He is credited with providing exposure and emotional support to numerous then-unknown artists, including Paul Czanne, Aristide Maillol, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Louis Valtat, Pablo Picasso, Andr .