Muse to Pablo Picasso. He made roughly 400 portraits of her during their 11 year marriage. She was a fierce protector of Picasso, and fought with his former lover Francoise Gilot and Picasso's illegitimate children over his estate, famously locking the gates to them during his funeral. According to art critic Richard Dorment, after Picasso died "she had already taken to the bottle, but now her drinking became worse and she would sit in a darkened room, sobbing, or address a photograph of her husband as though he were still alive." She died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 59 and is buried next to her husband.
Muse to Pablo Picasso. He made roughly 400 portraits of her during their 11 year marriage. She was a fierce protector of Picasso, and fought with his former lover Francoise Gilot and Picasso's illegitimate children over his estate, famously locking the gates to them during his funeral. According to art critic Richard Dorment, after Picasso died "she had already taken to the bottle, but now her drinking became worse and she would sit in a darkened room, sobbing, or address a photograph of her husband as though he were still alive." She died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 59 and is buried next to her husband.
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