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Birth
1921 (France)
Death
Lived/Active
New York/California / France
The Artist in her New York Studio, 2000
Photo by Bruno Mouron
Often Known For
genre, portrait, landscape, still life painting
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| Throughout her life, French-born Francoise Gilot has combined artistic talent with academic achievement. When she was five years old her mother provided her with a set of watercolor paints and instructions. Her father obligated her to study international law. He was so demanding that he taught her to read Baudelaire when she had insomnia. At the age of twenty-one she left the University of Paris to study art at the Academie Julian. After earning a Bachelor of Arts d (showing 500 of 1809 characters). |
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