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  1. Françoise Gilot / Place of death
    Died in Jun 6, 2023
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    Gilot was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1990. In 2010, she was named an Officer of the Légion d'honneur, the French government's highest honour for the arts.… See more

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    Françoise Gaime Gilot (26 November 1921 – 6 June 2023) was a French painter. Gilot was an accomplished artist, notably in watercolors and ceramics, and a bestselling… See more

    Gilot was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, to Émile Gilot and Madeleine Gilot (née Renoult). Her father was a businessman and agronomist,… See more

    Gilot's father Emile wanted his daughter to be just as educated as him, and as a result, oversaw his daughter's education very closely. Gilot … See more

    At 21, Gilot met Pablo Picasso, then 61. Picasso first saw Gilot in a restaurant in the spring of 1943, during the German occupation of France. Dora Maar, the photographer who … See more

    Gilot was introduced to art at a young age by her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother had held a party when Françoise was about five years old. A certain man caught Gilot's eye as being interesting, and she asked her grandmother who … See more

    From 1943 to 1953, Gilot was the longtime partner and artistic muse of Pablo Picasso, with whom she had two children, Claude and Paloma.
    Gilot married artist … See more

    Gilot is played by Natascha McElhone in the 1996 film Surviving Picasso, and by Clémence Poésy in the 2018 season of Genius, … See more

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  3. WebJun 7, 2023 · Françoise Gilot, the famed artist who loved and then left Picasso, is dead at 101 June 7, 20232:44 AM ET By The Associated Press Enlarge this image Artist Francoise Gilot appears during an...

  4. Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead …

    WebJun 6, 2023 · Françoise Gilot, an accomplished painter whose art was eclipsed by her long and stormy romantic relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso, and who alone among his many mistresses walked out on...

  5. Françoise Gilot, artist whose career transcended her

    WebJun 8, 2023 · Françoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her merely as a footnote in the story of her former lover Pablo Picasso — died Tuesday in New York....

  6. WebJun 6, 2023 · LA JOLLA—Françoise Gilot, artist, best-selling author, and wife of the late Salk Institute founder and vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk, died on June 6 at a hospital in Manhattan at the age of 101. Click here for a …

  7. Françoise Gilot, celebrated artist, writer and muse to …

    WebJune 6, 2023 at 1:21 p.m. EDT Artist and author Françoise Gilot in 1965, interviewed by British journalist Reginald Bosanquet after the release of her book “Life With Picasso.” (Bob Dear/AP) 9...

  8. Françoise Gilot obituary | Painting | The Guardian

    WebJun 7, 2023 · Salk died in 1995. Gilot is survived by Paloma, Claude and a daughter, Aurelia, from her marriage to Simon. Françoise Gilot, artist and writer, born 26 November 1921; died 6 June 2023

  9. Françoise Gilot, painter and muse to Picasso, dies at 101

    WebTue 6 Jun 2023 14.21 EDT Last modified on Tue 6 Jun 2023 14.48 EDT Françoise Gilot, a painter whose career was overshadowed by her romantic relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso, and whose...

  10. WebJun 7, 2023 · Francoise Gilot, who emerged from the shadow of her lover Pablo Picasso to become acclaimed as an artist in her own right, has died at the age of 101.