Alice and Lydia Corbett, who was known previously as Sylvette David, working together in their studio
(Picture: Sarah Rossigneux)In 1954, Pablo Picasso set his sights on a woman who would become one of the last of his many, many muses: Sylvette David. The then 19-year-old featured in as many as 60 of his artworks, and was known mostly by the moniker “the girl with the ponytail”. The “forgotten” muse is also one of the few to harbour warm feelings for Picasso following their time together (the painter was said to be abusive and unkind towards women who sat for him).
Since that time, Sylvette changed her name to Lydia Corbett, and her ponytail to plaits, swapped France for the Devon countryside, and became an artist in her own right.
