November 1, 2022 | 12:00 pm

OLLI Presents: The Only Woman to Leave Picasso: A Tribute Talk in Honor of Françoise Gilot’s 101st Birthday

Presented by Mary-Anne Morrison

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Only Woman to Leave Picasso: A Tribute Talk in Honor of Françoise Gilot’s 101st Birthday

Over decades, Picasso had seven significant long-term relationships with women. Two he married; five were mistresses. Six of these relationships ended badly, including two suicides. Only one woman said “enough!”, the artist Françoise Gilot, who will turn 101 on November 26, 2022. She was his muse and mistress for 10 years, 40 years his junior, and mother of two of his children, Claude and Paloma. She left him in 1953. Years later she had a successful 25-year marriage to Dr. Jonas Salk. She works in multiple mediums, and her artistic output is both masterful and extensive. This presentation will pay tribute to this remarkable woman and artist.

Presenter

Mary-Anne Morrison has been an OLLI member for 11 years. She has facilitated various art history classes, including “Picasso’s Wives and Lovers” and “How New York Supplanted Paris as the Center of Modern Art in the Mid 20th Century,” and given various OLLI Talks, including “The Art of Marriage.” Mary-Anne is a late-in-life abstract artist and a past co-chair of OLLI’s Curriculum Committee.

About OLLI at UMass Boston

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UMass Boston is an inclusive, member-powered organization that offers educational and cultural programs to inspire adult learners ages 50+. Our non-credit courses are taught by volunteers, and there is no homework, tests, or grades. The organization is partially funded by The Bernard Osher Foundation and is part of a nationwide network of 125 OLLI programs. At UMass Boston, OLLI is housed in the Gerontology Institute, a part of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies. For more information, please visit our website (www.umb.edu/olli) or contact our office via email (ollireg@gmail.com).