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Jacqueline Picasso or Jacqueline Roque (24 February 1926 – 15 October 1986) was the muse and second wife of Pablo Picasso.Their marriage lasted 12 years until his death, during which time he created over 400 portraits of her, more than any of Picasso's other lovers.
This portrait reflects the artist's evolving relationship with Marie-Thérèse Walter during this period of their relationship. Prior to producing this work, Picasso had depicted his relationship with Walter as a blissful partnership, illustrated by the many sensual portraits that he created of her in 1932, which has led to her being described as Picasso's "Golden Muse".
La Lecture (or Reading [1]) is a painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed in January 1932. The oil painting depicts Picasso's mistress and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, asleep with a book upon her lap.
Simon Shaw, co-head of Sotheby's Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department, described Walter as Picasso's "golden muse" and opined that Walter was "arguably the love of his life". [4] [5] In 1932, Picasso and Walter spent a blissful period of time together at Picasso's recently purchased Château de Boisgeloup. This marked a change in ...
Fernande Olivier (born Amélie Lang; 6 June 1881 – 29 January 1966) was a French artist and model known primarily for having been the model and first muse of painter Pablo Picasso, and for her written accounts of her relationship with him. Picasso painted over 60 portraits of Olivier.
In 1955, when Khokhlova died, Picasso called Walter by phone and asked her to marry him, but she refused. Picasso did not see her again and Walter moved to the South of France. Upon the death of Picasso in 1973, Picasso's grandson Pablito was prevented from attending his funeral and consequently swallowed a bottle of bleach. Walter contacted ...
Bill Gross, the world's most famous bond investor, has been mired in a contentious divorce for over two years. Sue Gross, the billionaire's ex-wife, alleges he trashed their $31 million California ...
Gabrielle Lespinasse, born Gabrielle Depeyre in Paris, France, was called Gaby by Picasso. [3]The exact circumstances by which Lespinasse and Pablo Picasso met is in doubt, [3] but the romance between the 27-year-old Parisian and the 34-year-old artist appears to have begun in the autumn of 1915 while Picasso's previous partner, Eva Gouel, was fatally ill with tuberculosis.