Françoise Gilot was born in November 1921, making her 96 years old at present. She is the mother of two of Picasso’s children: a son, Claude, and a daughter, Paloma. Sadly, their family story is not a happy one. Françoise was a mere 21 years old when she met the artist, who was 61 at…
–Eva Gouel Picasso and Fernande Olivier were together for many years. Near the end of their relationship, Picasso and Olivier were friends with the artist Louis Marcoussis and his girlfriend, Marcelle Humbert. Olivier had started an affair with Ubaldo Oppi and she had wanted Humbert to cover for her. When Picasso ended the relationship with…
David Douglas Duncan was born in 1916, making the former Marine and war photographer 102 years old. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Duncan developed an interest in photography and travel. He was also a Boy Scout and became an Eagle Scout at an age younger than most. Duncan graduated from the University of Miami in 1938…
What is Cubism? Cubism is an art movement stablished in the early 20th century with the purpose of breaking a subject down into different perspectives all in the same piece of work. Here’s an example: Why is Cubism important? From Tate: Cubism opened up almost infinite new possibilities for the treatment of visual reality in…
If you go to up the hill to Montmartre in Paris and find 13, rue de Ravignan, you will find the site of the Bateau Lavoir, the unofficial designation given to the building where a conglomeration of artists and writers lived in the early 1900s. Some of the residents of the then dilapidated old wooden…
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