Pablo Picasso called Franccedil;oise Gilot “The Woman Who Says No.rdquo; Tiny; talented; and feisty; and an accomplished artist in her own right; Gilot left Picasso after a ten-year relationship; the only woman to escape his intense attentions unscathed. From 2012 to 2014; German journalist and author Malte Herwig dropped by her ateliers in Paris and New York to chat with her about life; love; and art. She shared trenchant observations; her sharp sense of humor; and over ninety years of experience; much of it in the company of men who changed the world: Picasso; Matisse; and her second husband; the famous virologist Jonas Salk; developer of the polio vaccine. Never one to stand in the shadows; Gilot engaged with ground-breaking artists and scientists on her own terms; creating from these vital interactions an artistic style all her own; translated into an enormous collection of paintings and drawings held by private collectors and public museums around the world. In her early nineties; she generously shared her hospitality and wisdom with Herwig; who started out as an interviewer but found himself drawn into the role of pupil as Gilot; whom he called “a philosopher of joy;rdquo; shared with him different ways of seeing the world.
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