inspired by this post by lauren about francoise gilot i decided to do some vintage picasso hunting – and of course the life archives delivered. picasso lived in the town of vallauris on the french riviera for 7 years where he created ceramics at the madoura workshop (amongst other things of course – the man was nothing if not prolific). francoise is pictured in this series of photographs taken in 1949 by gjon mili, though she eventually left picasso after a myriad of infidelities.
Picasso

what a stunning post
his eccentricity just glows and I love it!
I absolutely love him. I did a Picasso week a couple of months ago and have a framed photo of him hanging in my room. Dream boat: http://lost.net.au/vic/?cat=50
What a beautiful story of photos.
Totally gorgeous… I love these. What beautiful, quality photos…
The number of topless photos makes me happy for some reason – maybe when I’m that old and famous, I won’t worry about wearing a shirt either?
Oh, these are truly magical. I love the double exposures. I feel like I know him a bit looking at these….?! and the light exposures are pretty pretty amazing.
love the pictures! he is a favorite of mine, i love that he did collages! looking at the photos reminded me that i have a collage kit in my shop about him, if anyone wants to take a peak here’s the link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/38415670/pablo-picasso-master-of-the-arts-vintage
I love this post. I posted some picasso ceramics on my blog recently that I thought you might enjoy.
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Brian Brake has some beautiful images of Picasso too, story has it Picasso was going to be at a bullfight and many photographers clamoured to get a great shot of him. Brake ended up in a tree capturing great images and then was invited to take more photos of him and his family at their home. This is one of my favourite images http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=623626&imagesonly=true&term=picasso+brian+brake
Have you ever read Life with Picasso? My mom got it for me when I was on a biography kick one summer, and it’s one of my favorites!
A huge picasso exhibit was just touring the US and I was lucky enough to live across from it in Richmond and got to go multiple times (thanks VMFA membership!)
Stunning long-exposure shots! If only when I’ve tried that with sparklers it came out like that…
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I’ve always thought Picasso was such a cutie. Especially that photo of him with bread hands. :D
Timely post. This photography style has made a comeback in wedding photography (although obviously not as creative as these)
love the light photos I’ve never seen those before. How was that done without him being a blur in the background? Fun and beauty….
haha! what great photographs!
awzsome! great post, thank you!
What a special treat. I look forward to the exhibition!
The last time I went to Paris I went to the Picasso museum, I liked it a lot!
thank you …wonderful!
Love! Just found your blog and am so thankful… fantastic! x