Happy Birthday Madame Gilot!
Françoise Gilot [1921, Neuilly-Sur-Seine /F] is a legend in her own lifetime. The woman who left Picasso. The enduring friend of Endre Rozsda. Wife and companion of the world-famous research doctor Dr. Jonas Salk. The last living witness to the development of 20th Century art in Paris and New York. The eternal woman.
Gilot’s painting career spans almost 80 years and she fought many long and hard battles before shedding the title of ‘Picasso’s Muse’ and being recognised by the art profession worldwide as a first-rate artist in her own right. Her works are in numerous prestigious public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Centre Pompidou in Paris.