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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adrian Horton

Françoise Gilot, painter and muse to Picasso, dies at 101

Françoise Gilot in the studio of french artist Jean-Denis Maillart
Françoise Gilot in the studio of french artist Jean-Denis Maillart. Photograph: Michel Ginfray

Françoise Gilot, a painter whose career was overshadowed by her romantic relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso, and whose 1964 memoir of their time together became an international bestseller, died Tuesday at the age of 101.

Her death at a Manhattan hospital was confirmed to the New York Times by her daughter, Aurelia Engel, who said the French artist had been dealing with heart and lung ailments.

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