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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Roisin O'Connor

Pablo Picasso’s grandson says artist’s lovers ‘knew’ about his behaviour: ‘No one was forced to do anything’

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Pablo Picasso was a notorious philanderer, known for treating his lovers appallingly and even encouraging them to fight one another.

Yet the artist’s grandson, Olivier Widmaier Picasso, has claimed these women knew what they were getting themselves into, and that some of his partners, including his grandmother, “enjoyed” the intensity of their relationships with him.

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