Françoise Gilot (1921-2023), after Dora Maar and before Jacqueline Picasso. Françoise Gilot, forever Picasso's companion and the mother of the last two of his four children, Claude the gentleman and Paloma the creator. As with Dora Maar (1907-1997), the surrealist photographer and politically engaged woman who led him to Guernica, today it is a question of giving back to each one its laurels. Even if it means making amends and highlighting the values of each and blackening the picture of the great painter, who died 50 years ago at 91 years old. TheNewYorkTimes has already come under heavy criticism for daring to title its tribute yesterday "Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead at 101". At the Brooklyn Museum, "Picasso bashing" is in action. Dying is not easy.
Art history is thus classified Picasso's women, like works, by period. "When Picasso changes his wife, his whole life changes. The poet changes. The circle of friends changes...
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