Francoise Gilot, an accomplished painter whose relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso overshadowed her own artistic achievements, and who alone among his many girlfriends walked out on him, has died at the age of 101
Gilot describes Picasso as "cruel, sadistic and merciless to others, as well as to himself". / Photo: AFP
While two of the other women in Picasso's life died by suicide, and two others had mental breakdowns, Gilot stood up to the giant of modern art and was the only woman to leave him of her own accord. The painter of"Guernica" was, she said,"astonishingly creative, a magician, so intelligent and seductive... But he was also very cruel, sadistic and merciless to others, as well as to himself."Gilot was 21 and a budding painter when she first met Picasso, who was 40 years her senior and married to Russian dancer Khokhlova, in occupied France during World War II. At the time of the meeting, he was also the lover of French photographer, painter and poet Maar.
In 1948, photographer Robert Capa captured the couple on a beach, with Picasso playing in the sand with his son, dutifully carrying a shade over Gilot's head.He told her she was headed"straight for the desert". From then on his entourage snubbed her and her work. Her parents wanted her to become a lawyer, but she abandoned her studies at the age of 19. By 21 she was already one of the most respected artists of the emerging School of Paris, which grouped French and emigre artists in the capital during the first half of the 20th century.Françoise Gilot and Picasso in 1948. Her 1964 memoir about her life with him — the relationship ended in 1953 — was an international best seller.
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