An Evening with Francoise

Inspired by Picasso

Homage to Francoise Gilot

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11 x 14 Oil Painting on Canvas

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Picasso had so many women in his life that it is hard

to keep up with them. I was very surprised that Francoise

is still alive and still painting and writing.

She is the mother of Picasso's children, The now famous

designer Paloma Picasso and son Claude. The wall paintings

in this painting are my impression of Picasso's paintings of

Francoise. The perfume bottle on the fireplace is Paloma's

famous fragrance. I can see Francoise surrounded by

beautiful things and paintings in a room like this.

Is that Picasso sneaking down the steps.....and

where is Francoise?

Françoise Gilot (born November 26, 1921) is a French painter and  bestselling author. She is also known as the lover and artistic muse  of Pablo Picasso from 1944 to 1953, and the mother of his children, Claude Picasso and Paloma Picasso. She later married the American vaccine pioneer, Salk . She was awarded a Chevalier de la  Legion d' Honneur, in 1990.

At 21, Gilot met Pablo Picasso, then 61. His mistress,  Dora Mar, was devastated to learn that Picasso was replacing her with the much younger artist. Eleven years after their separation, Gilot wrote Life with Picasso, a book that sold over one million copies in dozens of languages, despite an unsuccessful legal challenge from Picasso attempting to stop its publication.

Gilot married Luc Simon in 1954. The couple divorced in 1962. They had a daughter, Aurelia.

In 1969, Gilot was introduced to Jonas Salk, the polio vaccine pioneer, at the home of mutual friends in  La Jolia, California. Their shared appreciation of architecture led to a brief courtship and they were married in 1970 in Paris.[They remained married until Salk's death in 1995. During her marriage, she continued painting in New Yourk, La Jolla, and Paris.

Gilot lives in New York City and Paris, working on behalf of the Salk Institute in California, and continues to exhibit her work internationally.

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