Henri Rousseau was known by his friends and fellow artists as La Douanier (the Customs Officer) due to the fact that he was a toll or tax collector. Rousseau was about 37 years older than Picasso, and Picasso had great reverence for Rousseau’s unique artistic ability. Personally, I have always admired Rousseau’s style. His more…
One of the places in Paris most associated with Picasso and his fellow artists is the Bateau Lavoir (see earlier post HERE from “B” day). After Picasso married Olga Kokhlova, they lived at 23, rue la Boétie. Art dealer and good friend Paul Rosenberg provided this apartment for the Picassos and this was a very…
Facts about Fernande Olivier: Fernande Olivier was born Amélie Lang in 1881 in the garment district of Paris. Born out-of-wedlock, her mother left her with relatives outside of the city and they treated her poorly. She was raised by an aunt who took advantage of her and her obliging personality. Raped by a friend of…
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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