Happy Friday! For “L” day in the A to Z Challenge I am going to be brief. Enjoy a few pictures of Picasso‘s dachshund, Lump. Except Lump is not really Picasso‘s dachshund. Lump belonged to David Douglas Duncan and Picasso “borrowed” Lump for about 6 years. Find out Lump’s story HERE. …
Olga Khokhlova was Picasso’s first wife and the mother of his first-born son, Paulo. After being rejected by Irène Lagut and after the death of Eva Gouel, Picasso was in his 30s and wanted to settle down. On the rebound from Irène, Picasso went to Rome with the Ballets Russes under the direction of Sergei…
Jacqueline Roque was Picasso’s second and last wife. He started having an affair with her when he was still in a relationship with Françoise Gilot. Picasso and Jacqueline met in 1953. After Françoise Gilot left him, Picasso’s first wife, Olga Khokhlova, died in 1955 and he was finally free to marry. Olga Khokhlova was always…
After Eva Gouel died, Picasso assumed he and Gaby Lespinasse would marry as he was in love with her. Gaby, however, decided she would rather marry Herbert Lespinasse. She was already in a relationship with Herbert and had adopted his last name. Picasso was devastated. So Eva had died, and now Gaby completely rejected him. Following…
Manolo Hugué was an artist friend of Pablo Picasso’s from Barcelona and he helped introduce Picasso to Paris in the early 1900s. Hugué lived at the Bateau Lavoir. Later he married a woman he met in Montmartre named Jeanette de Rochette, better known as Totote. Hugué and Totote adopted a girl named Rosita. Hugué did…
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