The artist’s internal revolution erupted in the radical innovations of his years in the city, which seemed to offer refuge from the storms of his life.

Miles J. Unger
Miles J. Unger writes on art, books, and culture for the Economist, and for many years he was a contributing writer to the New York Times. He is the author of Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World, The Watercolors of Winslow Homer, and other art titles.