Pablo Picasso was born on this date October 25 in 1881
Many people have informed me that I resemble one of Picasso’s mistresses. The picture above is the one that most people see and think of me. Upon realizing that it was Picasso’s birthday today I suddenly wondered who was this woman? I found the following on good ole Google:
In 1943 Picasso (age 62) then kept company with young art student Françoise Gilot (born in 1921). Their two children wereClaude (1947) and Paloma (1949) who was named for the dove of peace that Picasso painted in support of the peace movement post World War II. Gilot, frustrated with Picasso’s relationships with other woman and his abusive nature left him in 1953. Gilot’s book “Life with Picasso” was published 11 years after their separation. In 1970 she married American physician-researcher Jonas Salk (who later died in 1995).
So then the logical thing to do would be research her and see if there are books on her.
JACKPOT!!
Books
Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, Life with Picasso, McGraw-Hill, 1964; Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1989, ISBN 978-0-385-26186-9
Françoise Gilot, Le regard et son Masque, Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1975, ISBN 978-2-7021-0092-9 – focuses on her development as an artist.
Françoise Gilot, Interface: The Painter and the Mask, Press at California State University, Fresno, 1983
Barbara Haskell, Françoise Gilot: An Artist’s Journey 1943-1987, California State Univ, 1987, ISBN 978-0-912201-12-2; Little, Brown, 1989.
Françoise Gilot, Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art, Doubleday, 1990, ISBN 978-0-385-26044-2; New York: Anchor Books, 1992, ISBN 978-0-385-42241-3
The next logical thing to do is put them on hold at my local library so I did just that. I can not wait to read about her.
My TBR-TO BE READ- pile grows………
