Françoise Gilot, the famed artist who loved and then left Picasso, is dead at 101
The French-born Françoise Gilot had long made her frustration clear that despite acclaim for her art she would still be best known for her relationship with the older Picasso.
NEW YORK — Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso — and for leaving him — died Tuesday in New York City, where she had lived for decades. She was 101.
Gilot's daughter, Aurelia Engel, told The Associated Press her mother had died at Mount Sinai West hospital after suffering both lung and heart problems. "She was an extremely talented artist, and we will be working on her legacy and the incredible
