Even Guillaume Apollinaire, the poet and critic, who had long been a supporter and champion of Picasso's work, was flummoxed by the artist's change in direction.

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The death of Guillaume Apollinaire at this time made a very serious difference to all his friends apart from their sorrow at his death.

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His first great success, "Le Bestiaire" (1919, words by Guillaume Apollinaire), was a song cycle about animal life that is scarcely four minutes long.

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