In memory of Françoise Gilot, who has died at the age of 101, we revisit a feature from 2021 when an exhibition was held to mark her 100th birthday
On the occasion of a new edition of her 1964 book Life with Picasso, artist/critic/educator/author and former mistress of Pablo Picasso, Francoise Gilot is interviewed at the 92Y by Chairman of Southeby’s Auction House, Benjamin Doller. Southeby’s handles Gilot’s work. The relationship is respectful and affectionate. “It’s a real treasure to have you as a link to a world we only know reading books,” Doller comments. The host notes Life with Picasso has been translated into over a dozen languages, that the uniquely compelling book shows a human side of genius. “It’s a rule for us at Southeby’s not to ask about Picasso,” he continues, obviously finding tonight a treat. At 97, Gilot remains formidable. One can only imagine the kind of run for his money she gave Pablo Picasso during the ten years she was mistress, muse, and then the mother of Claude and Paloma. Gilot was the only woman ever to have left the famous lothario. Deciding to become a painter at five, the little girl was taught by her artist mother and then her mother’s instructor. She was educated at Cambridge and The Sorbonne and went on to law school, but skipped classes eventually becoming a full [...]
The 98-year-old artist, who had two children with Pablo Picasso and went on to marry Jonas Salk, still paints every day in her New York apartment.
Gilot in Vallauris, 1948 Photo: Willy Maywald Francoise Gilot Interview on CBS Sunday Morning, 2017 Abstraction of a Nude, 1945 Idol, Child and Tulips, 1991 Gilot with Picasso and Claude, 1952 by Boris Lipnitzki "It was a catastrophe I didn't want to avoid" Gilot on her relationship with Pablo Picasso Francoise Gilot Self Portrait (Figure in the Wind) 1944 "In the work of all the generations of painters who were like Picasso, the figure is so huge, it’s all over the painting,” Françoise Gilot explains. “Whereas me, I have turned it the other way around. The figure is lost in a universe that is very much bigger." Gilot with second husband, Jonas Salk Gilot in her studio and the photograph used for the cover of the book, The Woman Who Says No: Françoise Gilot on Her Life With and Without Picasso by Malte Herwig Gilot and Picasso by Robert Capra, 1948 Theseus, 1963 Portrait in Black (Myself at Work), 1943 In All Simplicity, 1997 Daphne, 1991 The Philodendron, 1943 Renewal, 1992 Wikipedia Return to the House of the Sun, 1995 Adam Forcing Eve to Eat the Apple II, 1946 The Hawk, 1943 The White Shadow, 1954 Gilot by Jody Rogac for the New York Times
Francoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1951. Robert Capa
Artist: Francoise Gilot Country: France Title: Colette 3 Medium: Original Silkscreen unsigned Paper Size: 11 x 9 inch Printed: 1983 by Studio Hein Ricci Condition: Fine COA: Included
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The 98-year-old artist, who had two children with Pablo Picasso and went on to marry Jonas Salk, still paints every day in her New York apartment.
Artist: Francoise Gilot Country: France Title: Colette 1 Medium: Original Silkscreen Marks: Not signed or numbered paper Size: 11 x 9 inch Printed: 1983 by Studio Hein Ricci Condition: Fine COA: Included
In memory of Françoise Gilot, who has died at the age of 101, we revisit a feature from 2021 when an exhibition was held to mark her 100th birthday
With her works going up for auction today, get to know the only woman to have loved and left Pablo Picasso.
Gilot in Vallauris, 1948 Photo: Willy Maywald Francoise Gilot Interview on CBS Sunday Morning, 2017 Abstraction of a Nude, 1945 Idol, Child and Tulips, 1991 Gilot with Picasso and Claude, 1952 by Boris Lipnitzki "It was a catastrophe I didn't want to avoid" Gilot on her relationship with Pablo Picasso Francoise Gilot Self Portrait (Figure in the Wind) 1944 "In the work of all the generations of painters who were like Picasso, the figure is so huge, it’s all over the painting,” Françoise Gilot explains. “Whereas me, I have turned it the other way around. The figure is lost in a universe that is very much bigger." Gilot with second husband, Jonas Salk Gilot in her studio and the photograph used for the cover of the book, The Woman Who Says No: Françoise Gilot on Her Life With and Without Picasso by Malte Herwig Gilot and Picasso by Robert Capra, 1948 Theseus, 1963 Portrait in Black (Myself at Work), 1943 In All Simplicity, 1997 Daphne, 1991 The Philodendron, 1943 Renewal, 1992 Wikipedia Return to the House of the Sun, 1995 Adam Forcing Eve to Eat the Apple II, 1946 The Hawk, 1943 The White Shadow, 1954 Gilot by Jody Rogac for the New York Times
In memory of Françoise Gilot, who has died at the age of 101, we revisit a feature from 2021 when an exhibition was held to mark her 100th birthday
