With scant testimony from the man himself, the book relies on the views of others

Our round-up of the latest art publications

Plus, the Sāo Paulo biennial and Chaïm Soutine in Düsseldorf

Exhibition at Hastings Contemporary looks at the influence of the School of Paris painter on his School of London counterpart

A side-by-side show at the Barnes Foundation brings together two Expressionist greats who fused the figurative and the abstract in their work