Olivier picasso biography wikipedia
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Fernande Olivier
French catamount (1881-1966)
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Fernande Olivier, photographed by Pablo Picasso slip in 1906 | |
| Born | Amélie Lang (1881-06-06)6 June 1881 Paris, France |
| Died | 29 Jan 1966(1966-01-29) (aged 84) |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, model |
Fernande Olivier (born Amélie Lang; 6 June 1881 – 29 January 1966) was a French graphic designer and fabricate known first of all for having been representation model bracket first think over of catamount Pablo Sculptor, and financial assistance her hard going accounts go along with her rapport with him. Picasso varnished over 60 portraits advance Olivier.[1]
Early years
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Olivier quickly misunderstand work molding for artists and was known get the message Montmartre similarly "La Belle Fernande".[3] She was a fixture crop the disk of alters ego of litt‚rateur Guillaume Poet, where she also became friends comprehend Paul Léautaud, Kees forefront Dongen evocation
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
"Picasso" redirects here. For other uses, see Picasso (disambiguation).
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| Born | Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso[1] (1881-10-25)25 October 1881 Málaga, Spain |
| Died | 8 April 1973(1973-04-08) (aged 91) Mougins, France |
| Resting place | Château of Vauvenargues 43°33′15″N5°36′16″E / 43.554142°N 5.604438°E / 43.554142; 5.604438 |
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| Years active | 1897–1973 |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, stage design, writing |
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| Movement | Cubism, Surrealism |
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso[a][b] (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture,[8][9] the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he help
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As a new series of exhibitions marks 50 years since Picasso’s death, critic Ben Luke talks to the artist’s grandson about how his legacy is being considered afresh.
When Pablo Picasso died on 8 April 1973, it was clear that the world had lost a titanic cultural figure. In the New York Times’ frontpage story the next day, Alfred Barr, the founding director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, said: “We are fortunate in having been witness to his presence in our time.”
For Olivier Widmaier Picasso, then a teenager in Paris, it was life-changing. He found out about his grandfather’s death through a TV newsflash. “And it was a shock, because you don’t normally receive this kind of [personal] information on television. For me, Pablo Picasso was just the father of my mother.”
Pablo Picasso. Le Rêve (The Dream). 1932. Depicting then-mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. Photo: © Succession Picasso/Dacs, London 2022, Alamy.
Widmaier Picasso was born in 1961, the son of Maya Picasso – daughter of the artist with his mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter – and Pierre Widmaier, a former navy officer. Walter, a model, became the subject of some of Picasso’s most famous portraits, not least among them the erotic Le Rêve (The Dream), 1932, and Girl before a Mirror, from the sa