Pablo Picasso: The Public Art and Private Life of the Maestro

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[@JonManProductions]

Is it me or has the camera quality improved recently? It feels like there's 100 percent more Simon in every recent video.

[@tamasmihaly1]

I like his art, but he certainly was a degenerate. So was Dali and Goya in fact.

[@RetroHaul]

Up up up ⬆️ with this one

[@christinak1053]

I saw Manscaped at the store and it took all I had not to grab some school supplies to make a sign with Simon's link

[@triple6wolfi]

I tell you. If Simon Whistler wants to talk that talk he got my address. My life is anything but dull and he will find out if he wants. Lucky I don't file a police report on his Punk ass

[@wadeb5042]

Picasso: Locks girlfriend in house whenever he leaves; she almost dies in a house fire. Biographics: “Picasso struggled to maintain normal healthy relationships with women.”

[@EmperorStarscream]

He gave her a key after the fire...jeez isn't that healthy?

[@milivanili2603]

Also picasso adopted a 13 year old and painted her nude in a very sexual way: he was a wonderful man that adopted children

[@JessicaKinkade-gb3um]

Art cannot be separated from the artist

[@kenxclout]

Pablo Picasso surprised a burglar at work in his new chateau. The intruder got away, but Picasso told the police he could do a rough sketch of what he looked like. On the basis of his drawing, the police arrested a mother superior, the minister of finance, a washing machine, and the Eiffel tower.

[@johnstevenson9956]

LMAO Yeah, that sounds about right.

[@GJohnson1981]

The calculus is spot on...

[@charlestaylor3195]

Now that, was funny.

[@anitamaree9121]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aelion7761]

Gg lol

[@brackishnz]

What's the point of living a life for art when you can't even respect other humans dignity. A selfish petty man.

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

Who unsurprisingly was a friend of Stalin's frothing propagandist Ilya Ehrenburg

[@nikhtose]

Though a devotee of cubism, I find Picasso's legacy very conflicted. Brilliant, original technique and expression that seize one's attention, but often depicting dark, mysogynistic impulses which repel. In his case, almost impossible to "separate the art from the artist."

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

He could depict female victims of war or struggling women with compassion, yet apparently could not care about the fact his own behaviour to women he was involved with was a microcosm of militaristic cruelty :-(

[@lolaadesina5362]

How was his art original when it's copied from African artists

[@nikhtose]

@@lolaadesina5362 All artists, including African ones, start with prior forms, add new ideas, types of expression that give them new meaning in a new context.

[@danamohseni3651]

He was also a paedophile.

[@nataliamirochnitchenko8152]

Wow. I was never a fan of his art...I always found it pretty grotesque (the cubism stuff). Now knowing what kind of person he was, I am appalled. THAT SAID, Simon, honest to God, my bf and I watch a lot of your shows and this was one of THE BEST presentations on a complex character I have seen. So much nuance and subtlety in your descriptions. No cheap shots at him. Nothing. Perfection, Simon! Bravo! 🙌

[@christineparis5607]

Picasso was definitely complex, like most of us, but seemed more dedicated than anyone else to following his own path no matter what. I used to wonder endlessly how such beautiful and popular women could fall for him, but several of them said that when he decided to focus his attention, he was intensely giving and living and interested in everything about them. It fits a theory I've had for a long time, that the most sexy, alluring thing anyone can do to attract someone is to be completely fascinated by them, not be fascinating, but be fascinated! Nothing is more attractive than to anyone. When is the last time anyone you knew was completely enthralled by you? For most people, it never happens. Especially today, when our attentions are constantly interrupted and divided. It's something that cannot be faked well, either. What do you think? Of course, I'm not talking about crazy obsessed people, like stalkers, etc., but regular folks...

[@allencummings7564]

Hmm, must be a fine line between genuine enthralled fascination and creepy obsession

[@brocklanders3616]

I'm struggling with that as we speak. As a guy whose been around the block, and now in his 30s. I came to the realization recently, most women who are as good looking as me. Will never be impressed with me. However an average looking girl at work, looks at me with wide eyes and a big smile when I walk into the room. And seems to hang on every word I say. I'm tempted to give it a go, because it feels good when a modern day woman he's you as something special. Which is such a rare find, basically only reserved for male celebrities.

[@christineparis5607]

@@allencummings7564 I think your right! I'm really referring to people who don't have really disturbing personality traits! I just think there is nothing so great as to be with anyone, friend, family member, spouse, etc., whom you are totally at ease with, because you KNOW, without a doubt, that they think you're great, just as you are. You don't have try hard, put on an act, be "your best self". You can just enjoy each others company in total peace. I picked my husband based on that, and it turned out great for us so far (35 years), and my best friends have been the same for decades, we don't see each other all the time, but when we do, we're totally happy and comfortable. I definitely didn't want a boyfriend or spouse that had some agenda or was trying to be successful. I didn't care about money or owning things, I just wanted someone I really never got bored with. The crazy thing is that in spite of not looking for success, my life turned out better than I could ever have imagined! I still can't believe it...

[@hetalianotaku7103]

@@christineparis5607 Definitely one of the more balanced comments I've read so far. I will never condone abuse but I'm tired of this young person trend of throwing out the baby with the bathwater (otherwise known as Presentism) when it comes to historical figures. And I'm saying that as a young person.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Could you cover George Carlin? A philosopher with a sense of humour.

[@empressoftheknownuniverse]

I second the motion. I remember his "Inside the Actor's Studio" episode. That's my next watch. 😓

[@curtislindsey1736]

Oh hell yeah, I'd watch that for sure.

[@shovel_head80]

@@empressoftheknownuniverse stuff

[@kushanshah8040]

More like a comedian whose jokes had social relevance.

[@midcardheelhd8522]

Richard Pryor, Jackie Chan, Robert Downey Jr, Clint Eastwood, Howard Stern, and Dennis Rodman. A whole week of content and each of them have story that can make 20mins of content.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

When a german officer saw Guernica he asked picasso: "Did you do this?" He answered: "No. You guys did it".

[@aaronhurst4379]

My head after Simon read out his full name: "Back to you, Bob."

[@hannahstahl1857]

YAAASSS

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

A person of culture I see

[@Redrum101896]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheBrassLantern_]

Picasso’s parents: our son gets 100 middle names My parents: less is more, first and last name is all you need.

[@viking8796]

As someone with four names who grew up surrounded by two-name people, I suddenly don't feel as out of place after seeing Piccasso's full name. XD

[@andrewcarson5850]

And even then you felt it too long.

[@TheBrassLantern_]

I grew up around people in Australia and all my friends and family members have 3 names as a minimum. I think my mum was trying to be edgy for the nineties 😂

[@anniejolynn862]

Me parents: we’ll just steal your sisters’ middle names and smoosh them together

[@sibericusthefrosty9950]

That reminds me of a friend of mine who doesn't have a middle name, just a first name and a last name registered in his birth certificate.

[@padawanmage71]

Would love to see a Biographic on H.R. Giger and his influence in films

[@christineparis5607]

Have you seen the bars he designed? They are in Iceland (I think), and look like the interior of an alien ship...

[@christineparis5607]

@Eidelmania Did what?

[@jamesfry8983]

H.R. Giger's last piece of art work was for Absinthe Brevans label

[@shellymay-cutpastememories6667]

Yessssss

[@viking8796]

Totally agree with this.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Rites of passages 7:10 - Chapter 2 - Feeling blue 10:30 - Chapter 3 - La vie en rose 13:15 - Chapter 4 - Olga & Marie Thérèse 18:05 - Chapter 5 - The horse & the bull 21:00 - Chapter 6 - Goddesses & doormats 24:30 - Chapter 7 - Legacy - Chapter 8 -

[@trogo3402]

Chapter 8 your motherb

[@bunnygirl2448]

Finding out the context behind his paintings, really helps me to understand and appreciate his work. While, learning about his personal life lowers my opinion of him as a person

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Albert Einstein once wrote: "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science"

[@christineparis5607]

Wow!! I don't remember that, I think I need to tattoo that somewhere near Edgar Allen Poe's qoute, "all we see and seem, is but a dream within a dream"...

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

He also once wrote that 'racism is a disease of white people' if you want some other tattoo ideas

[@christineparis5607]

@@sicsempertyrannisvi4107 Racism is a disease of ignorant people, and no color has a monopoly on it...

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

@@christineparis5607 obviously einstein found it convenient to slap blame for it on 'white people'. He wouldnt be the only one either as Susan Sontag did the same thing (she called us 'the cancer of human history')

[@christineparis5607]

@@sicsempertyrannisvi4107 People often overreact when they get worked up, but it's still insulting to everyone, white or whatever else, because labels are for cans, NOT PEOPLE. I happen to be a mixed stew, genealogy speaking, but am very, very pale looking, while my mom had darker skin like her Native American Indian ancestors, with black hair and eyes. My sister was blonde and green eyed. There have been times when people have tried to use me to amplify their racism, and it's always a cringe moment. It's too hard to untangle my family tree at a moments notice, but I want them to be aware that I am not on the same page they are...it's always awful when ANYONE puts everyone in a box based on something so weird as skin tone...if someone doesn't like me, I want it to be for an actual reason, not assumption.

[@glc0012]

Best written episode so far. Concise and articulate and meaningful.

[@drterrycreagh756]

He turned goddesses into doormats!

[@tiredmask]

The guy every art teacher talks about in elementary school

[@San_Deep2501]

There's one art guy every history teacher talks about in high school

[@campbellpaul]

At least his 30,000+ works of mediocrity was good for something, if just to discourage anybody with any real talent to pursue art.

[@corydawodu.]

@@San_Deep2501 da Vinci

[@ben5056]

Guess he’d be in jail if he acted the way he did with women today.

[@oberstul1941]

sure about that? I mean, even Cosby isn't in jail ffs.

[@viking8796]

He wouldn't be in jail, but he'd definitely be a social pariah and persona non grata. Except to incels. Those twisted weirdos would worship this guy.

[@oberstul1941]

@@viking8796 come on man don't call them weirdos. It's bad form. The whole thing about incels is that it's INVOLUNTARY, like they don't want to be incels...

[@ben5056]

@@oberstul1941 the American justice system is pretty messed up

[@ben5056]

@@viking8796 yeah more likely, he’s probably done way more nefarious things that we haven’t heard of

[@ElectricGhost]

Dora Maar's story is really interesting. Picasso broke off the affair with her and she had a breakdown. She was committed to an insane asylum where she received shock therapy until the friend who introduced her to Picasso felt bad for her and got her released. She died alone, a spinster, with no children. They found millions of dollars worth of Picasso's art in her house, as he kept communicating with her, and driving her more to the brink with longing. Very sad.

[@christineparis5607]

A Picasso was just found, in a riverbed outside the city of Athens (Greece), wrapped in plastic, after being stolen by a builder from a museum in the city 9 years ago! The museum had zero security, except for guards who took their many cigarette breaks together so a builder working repairs there had no trouble stuffing the small painting into a bag, along with a couple of dutch masterpieces, and walk out. He never tried to sell them, and apparently, eventually tired of them and threw one away, and wrapped up the Picasso and tossed into a dry riverbed outside of town. How do you get tired of a PICASSO???

[@campbellpaul]

Easy... He had works by Dutch masters to compare it to lol.

[@christineparis5607]

@@campbellpaul You win the awesome smart ass award today!😂😂😂 I love it!🤩

[@campbellpaul]

@@christineparis5607 😜

[@CrossoverGameReviews]

_How do you get tired of a PICASSO???_ You are clearly living in a bubble if you put Picasso high on the list of great works of art.

[@christineparis5607]

@@CrossoverGameReviews Art is to the beholder what they feel when they see it. Insisting that everyone like only the pieces YOU deem acceptable is extremely narrow minded and ridiculous. Your attitude is exactly why reactionary movements like dada and surrealism were born, to wake up the dull minded and bourgeois people who could only appreciate what they have been trained to like, like circus animals. Since I have no need for someone to tell me what's good, I can make up my own mind, and those who squeal in indignation with insults are merely insecure. Enjoy what you like, and let's others have their own opinions, the world is bigger than you know...

[@StonedtotheBones13]

"One of the early signs he struggled to have healthy relationships with women" ... you don't think him dating his dead buddy's crush was a bit yikes?

[@jasonwright1687]

Picasso was commissioned to paint Stravinsky (russian composer) and Pablo painted him upside down. There is an exercise based on what he did with the painting, that showcases the hand-eye-brain synchronization that is possible. Look it up... It is awesome. I can't draw worth beans .... But that one i actually did really well (recreated the painting of Stravinsky upside down, without looking, all while staring at an image of the painting. Even my stick figure looks like he comes from Chernobyl.... But that one... Wow... I amazed myself. . . . mostly because i didnt know my brain could do that.

[@kl0wnkiller912]

Not impressive as a man but very impressive as an artist.

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

i think it looks hideous

[@Ronam0451]

No

[@chshked9188]

@@sicsempertyrannisvi4107 ok

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

His pre-Cubism art, yes. Otherwise not that much

[@mindriot69]

You didnt even mention Picasso’s beloved Dachshund, Lump. Lump will always be my favorite thing about Picasso. And I beg to differ with Jonathan Richman… Pablo Picasso was an asshole.

[@wendychavez5348]

Being one and being called one are not the same thing.

[@mindriot69]

@@wendychavez5348 Touche’

[@cooperwesley1536]

Glad to see that Simon is now endorsing Manscaped. Post a vid of yourself demonstrating it and I'll gladly buy one. 😇

[@jamestnov41945]

Having a modicum of talent in art I studied this man works. I personally did not like cubism or picasso trash as I referred to it. He could in fact paint very well but the man himself was just a prick who abused and used most everybody he had relationships with. This was an excellent presentation of him. I preferred Dali, Manet and Latrec.

[@wendychavez5348]

Your description of his character is spot-on. I decidedly love cubism, though Picasso's work has always caused me discomfort. Now I have a better as to the reason.

[@LendriMujina]

I don't like him, but his influence is in the work of people that I _do_ like, and I have to at least recognize that.

[@brunodamario]

Dali once said : "Picasso is spanish, me too. Picasso is a genius, me too. Picasso is communist, me neither.

[@randysandford4033]

Was not aware of this quote but it shows that Dali, despite his own problems, was at least a relatively decent human being.

[@brandonwinstead7137]

Simon you need Chesty Puller in your life. Most decorated marine in US history served from 1918 to 1955 and went from private to Lt. General.

[@EchoBravo370]

I once saw a small, but lovely Picasso in a private collection. The owner had it in an outhouse bathroom, above the toilet.

[@jhidalgo8592]

Same happened to me with a Van Gogh!

[@toomanyopinions8353]

Imagine being rich enough to put a Picasso painting in your outhouse

[@jaytrace1006]

If the Lawn Mower Trimmer doesn’t get it done, you have to graduate to the Bush Hog…

[@nl3064]

1:37 to skip ad.

[@ottototofilm]

thank you

[@SPQR2755]

He was an abusive monster. No amount of artistic accomplishment can make up for all the lives this man destroyed.

[@ካ.ደ.መ.Z]

Plus his is art was trash

[@GingerTrashPanda]

I am in no way defending his mistreatment of women.. but .. kinda… most men were at this time.. it was extremely unusual for a man not to be.. Van Gogh was the exception not the rule

[@GingerTrashPanda]

Also his art was not trash that’s so ridiculous to say lol

[@ML-id7my]

Can you separate the artist from the person? Kobe? Gandhi? Woody? All great at what they did, but did some bad things.

[@WillemNTM]

​@@ML-id7myWhen someone takes the way he abuses his wife to paint we can't" separate" the artist from the person

[@madhavgangavalli]

Came to this straight after watching the Van Gogh biographic. What a contrast there is between the saint and the sinner. And how unfair life is to the saint while the sinner destroys others' lives .

[@GriffinMinotaur]

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

[@kelerews]

a david bowie biography is in order, am I right?

[@hyperactivechild5813]

Dammit

[@jsmith10170]

“not like you”

[@campbellpaul]

Los Lecheros de Muerte, no?

[@eoin79]

Do Michael Collins Irish freedom fighter next.

[@mag5020]

Yes

[@someguyorfemaleontheintern5837]

I can't believe you forgot the most important part in his life. The part where he painted a painting while riding a bicycle

[@michaelbookout7561]

really great one again!

[@EscapingElyisum]

Just wanted to say that you´re an incredible host of these youtube channels and have in a very short period of time become my favourite youtube "network" of channels. Keep up the great work, man!

[@tomhorsley4241]

Really enjoying the videos on artists, their lives are so interesting. Keep up the good work!

[@AfterFridayPL]

Maybe you could do a video on Admiral Wilhelm Canaris? He was the chief of the Abwehr, yet he hated Hitler and Nazism and was helping allies by giving them intel about the regime, I think it would be very interesting.

[@thesmirkingbearstudio]

George Braque deserves his own video also. He was right there along with Picasso at the birth of cubism.

[@campbellpaul]

Thank you. He was the founder of the Cubist Movement, sans credit.

[@wendychavez5348]

You did well enough on all of his names. Thank you for your concern.

[@iamjawa9961]

Would love to see one on Albert Camus. Keep up the great work by the way!

[@NekoKat.]

I recently found your channel and have been thoroughly enjoying the content. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to cover Miyamoto no Yoshitsune.

[@blueberrypirate3601]

Or Hokusai

[@gmill7911]

I'll never forget that I was in middle school art class on the day of Picasso's death, and I also learned from that obituary that he and I shared the same birthday.

[@hobbytoby8887]

what was that like?

[@gmill7911]

@@hobbytoby8887 Surreal? 😉

[@cosgallax]

His figurative art is exquisite. His compositions are always aesthetically resolved. He epitomizes perfection in so many ways.

[@jontyson5407]

No he doesn't, unless perfection is lopsided crap with no composition.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Would love to see an episode on Lautrec. Toulouse was an...intriguing artist to say the least.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

unlike Picasso, his work always showed an implicit sympathy and tenderness for the women he was involved with - sex workers. No-one else would have him because of his disability.

[@banba317]

Excellent and very concise presentation!

[@SA-zoom1]

Like or loathe his work. As a man the best word that describes him begins with a C and ends with T.

[@matthutchings1988]

This channel (and Simon) cures depression anxiety and hangovers…

[@andrewsimons8625]

Higher volume if possible, had some trouble with this one. Thank you! Love the channel!

[@Zeneyez]

I’ve read Francoise Gilot book, and The Paris Muse by Louisa Treger, as Dora Maar as narrator, she was absolutely tortured and abused by him, they all were. The book Picasso - Creator and Destroyer by Arianna Huffington is worth a read too.

[@mariosbourazanis3946]

Being from Greece, this video's timing couldn't be better lmao

[@kristoferalexander7559]

I'm curious... Why? lol.

[@mariosbourazanis3946]

@@kristoferalexander7559 so Greek police recovered a Picasso painting yesterday that had been missing for 9 years and they organized a press conference to display the painting and talk about what they did to get it back, but they forgot to put a stand under it to hold it upright and the painting slid and fell on the floor while the press conference was going on

[@kristoferalexander7559]

@@mariosbourazanis3946 Oh that's pretty cool. Welp, except for the ending haha.

[@cantthinkofname7804]

@@mariosbourazanis3946 did the painting get damaged when it fell?

[@aggersoul23]

Man, that quote at the end was outta this world.

[@gunnarelisigurjonsson2587]

Such a beautiful city. My favourite city in Spain. Mi secunda casa. Malagueno forever

[@blueberrypirate3601]

Guadal Edina El Pinillo San Julian and Tivoli World!

[@gunnarelisigurjonsson2587]

@@blueberrypirate3601 Tivoli world is a treat 😎 and benalmadena is a fun place with so much stuff to explore. Most of my friends live in torremolinos but we do hang out way to much at Puerto marina... And of course Paloma park is a awesome place to chill and smoke. Everything in the area is just such a gem. Can't wait to go back next year. 😎😎😎

[@Guigley]

Picasso was a pretty despicable person, but still incredibly fascinating.

[@MidnightMan5001]

I am the greatest! The modern art Muhammed Ali! I melt faces, Call me MC Dali!

[@nathangrindle1645]

Hell yes

[@Wryterchannel91]

Heh, ERB reference.

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

My first exposure to Picasso- Potato Head: "Look, I'm Picasso!" Hamm: "I don't get it." (walks away) Potato: "You uncultured swine!...What are you looking at, you hockey puck?"

[@88happiness]

I saw some of his first paintings at a gallery and was surprised how picture perfect they were. I personally preferred them, but I can see how it might get boring if you can draw like a photo at such a young age.

[@petejemmott7657]

This was one of your best, most interesting videos. I really enjoyed this one

[@shelleynobleart]

Excellent. Impartial. Appreciated.

[@ladytron1724]

Remember the day he died,I was in art class at secondary school when the art teacher announced Picasso was dead.

[@melimsah]

"Snips and cuts down below..." I spend enough time on KZbin, I was like "Why would you want to trim the description???"

[@Blake_.Dryden]

Picasso was an eternal child. A brilliant child who didn’t like to share his toys, or play too well with others.

[@heyheytaytay]

Spanish sounds so funny with a British accent XD

[@Anthony-gq7dk]

Great documentary and well told as always. Few greater geniuses have won the title of greatest monster to go with such an accolade. An enigma in every way.

[@sperotheg]

What's the name of the song in the beginning

[@marcuswalters8093]

Until I saw this I'd forgotten the most *insane* dream about Piscasso this week. I dreamt that it turns out that he hadn't died and was thought to be the world's oldest man. He was confused that the world thought he'd died.

[@lucianoarrieta5786]

The lights, the shades and the many dark spots in the life of a master painter...

[@marciecorda5209]

This man was a LOST SOUL, not a maestro.

[@Minervahf]

I would love to see an episode about Horacio Quiroga, the Uruguayan writer. He has such a dark but interesting story!

[@jenniewilliams1668]

Thanks Simon, that was good. It makes me curious to read his wife's memoir!

[@bellebeauty67]

Life with Picasso is the name of the memoir written Francois Gilot, I’m reading it presently. They never married, and it’s an amazing read. What a live!

[@zenmoto369]

Really looking forward to watching your videos on Marilyn Monroe and Mozart!

[@areamusicale]

"Drink to me drink to my health Coz I can't drink anymore." P Picasso last words.

[@stevenyoutsey8989]

THE definitive Biographer in my opinion- thank you as always Simon!

[@MAVJ]

Staying on the theme of painters, a biographics on David Alfaro Siqueiros would be very interesting. The little I've read on him he lived an absolutely crazy life.

[@digital-motor]

great video!

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

Very well done Simon!!!!

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Can't wait till Simon reads Picasso's full christened name. It's pretty damn long lol

[@bradenigma2092]

An interesting singer/activist would be Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. He had a great but sadly too short music career and was involved in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement which would be interesting to talk about

[@oscaranderson5719]

the fact that his artistic focus was often on the weak and marginalized kinda takes a darker turn when you take into account his abusive behavior

[@markcummings2723]

Simon bringing that A+ beard game

[@juanroth2940]

Enjoyed your bio of Picasso, thx Simon.

[@andreafernandez5672]

Amazing. Please do Audrey Hepburn!

[@durtyd9625]

The music at the closing of Pablo? Is there any way to get a copy of that? I love it and have a great idea for it 🤙

[@jamesmartin6050]

Here are some suggestions for another video - all interesting people April Ellison/William Ellison Jr. (1790-1861) - a freed slave from South Carolina who became a successful slaveowner and planter himself before the civil war. Anthony Johnson (1600-1670) - a former indentured servant who became one of the first African American property owners in America and a successful tobacco farmer. Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979) - Prince Philip’s uncle and Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin once removed who was assassinated by the IRA Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - Japanese poet, author, playwright, actor and nationalist who committed seppuku after a failed attempt to overthrow Japan’s 1947 constitution. Robert Walpole (1676-1745) - British politician who was the first prime minister of Great Britain from 1721 until 1742 under King George I and King George II. Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach/prime minister) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history. George Eastman (1854-1932) - American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak company. He was a pioneer of photography and a major philanthropist. He commit suicide at the age of 77 because of chronic pain from health problems. Emile Zola (1840-1902) - French novelist and journalist who is an early practitioner in the literary genre, naturalism. He was involved in the Dreyfus affair, a political scandal in France. He died in 1902 at the age of 62 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. ryoichi sasakawa (1899-1995) - Japanese businessman, politician, sports administrator, philanthropist and was criminal who helped Norman Borlaug with his Green Revolution. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) - Irish poet, playwright and translator who won the 1995 Nobel prize for literature and wrote a poem about The Tollund Man comparing his cause of death to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) - Irish poet, dramatist and writer with an interest in the occult who helped found the Abbey Theatre and was a senator for the Irish Free State. He is one of the most important historical figures in Irish history. Prince Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) - husband and consort to Queen Elizabeth who served in the navy as a young man, serving in the Second World War. He died recently so it would be a good choice. Jordan Belfort (born 1962) - former stockbroker, author, motivational speaker and convicted felon who committed fraud via stock market manipulation. His book was the inspiration behind the film The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013. Andrew Cunanan (1969-1997) - spree killer responsible for five murders before his suicide via gunshot. His victims include Gianna Versace and Lee Miglin. Lee Miglin (1924-1997) - American business tycoon, real estate developer and philanthropist who was spree killer, Andrew Cunanan’s third murder victim. “The Count of Saint Germain” (1691 or 1712 -died 1784) - European Adventurer who achieved prominence in high society in the 1700’s. His real name is unknown while his background is obscure. He claimed to be the son of Prince Francis II Rakoczi of Transylvania. He was arrested for suspicion of espionage during the Jacobite rebellion but was released without charge. Julia d’Aunigny (1670 or 1673 -died 1707) - 17th century French opera singer who was known for her flamboyant lifestyle. Her father was a secretary to the master of the horse to King Louis XIV. She was a keen sword fighter, cross-dressed and tried to run away with a female lover after killing a man in a duel. She died at the age of 33. Past American presidents, British prime ministers, monarchs and Roman emperors would be good as well.

[@yanikucho]

a 25-minute video just got over a 2-period lecture i had been through a few decades ago, lol

[@JoeR1066]

You should do Lemmy next.

[@kingkeurig8679]

When Picasso was in German occupied France in 1942, a Gestapo officer saw a postcard with a photo of his work, "Guernica", on it. He asked him "Did you do this?" Picasso replied "No you did."

[@smal750]

deep.

[@johnmccann8319]

Brilliantly condenced!

[@blueberrypirate3601]

Do Paul Gauguin next. He did some awesome works in Tahiti.

[@squirrelfrendotcom]

Dear Simon, I was wondering if you could do a video on Edgar Allen Poe? He's a relative of mine, and I would love to know more about my most twisted Uncle's life...or Cousin...please tell me more! Christina

[@kurtilein3]

For the harshest possible contrast, cover Francis Bacon next. A loving and trusting guy, a homosexual, and a masochist with a talent for finding the worst guys imagineable, who abused him with such violence that his face ended up disfigured. Apart from both being great and revolutionary painters, they are complete opposites. Picasso the abuser, and Bacon the victim of abuse.

[@charlestaylor3195]

I never really cared for Picasso's work. It's like a person would have to know his biography and when the paintings were created in order to admire his artwork. It's hard to just walk up to one of his paintings with no prior knowledge and appreciate it for what it is. In my opinion.

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

seconded, most of it looks hideous

[@landlubbr]

@@sicsempertyrannisvi4107 Lol we get it man you really dont like his paintings youve made that particularly clear 😂

[@dn8601]

I can't relate, I always liked his paintings and had heard from different sources that he wass an asshole, but only now have I learned how much of an asshole he really was. Still like the paintings though. Nice colors, nicely composed with very interesting ways of distorting and showing the things portrayed (to varying degrees, I'm talking about the highlights of course). I always thought they were intuively beautiful

[@Felisquoreda]

Great video, I have just one correction: Guernica wasn't even a Republican stronghold, as far as I know, but mostly civilians and had immense symbolic value to the Basques. The bombing was not about military tactics, but emotional warfare.

[@angelamanning7122]

I'm subscribing to you! Very nice work! Looking forward to watching!

[@mrshoashe]

Whew.... I didn’t get THAT version when I studied for my art degree. Then songs like Bowies’ Pablo Picaso (Reality) reinforced the, seemingly, universal adoration. Sigh...

[@almighty3946]

I really enjoy all of Simon’s channels