Celebrated artist and former muse to Picasso, Françoise Gilot, dies at 101.

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Celebrated artist and former muse to Picasso, Françoise Gilot, dies at 101.
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Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who was more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso, died at the age of 101 in New York City. Gilot produced art for well over a half-century, but despite acclaim for her art, she would still be best known for her relationship with the older Picasso, whom she met in 1943 at age 21, his junior by four decades. The union produced two children, but unlike the other key women in Picasso’s life, Gilot eventually walked out.

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