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Although, immortalised into stone, ceramic and canvas, Jacqueline Roque and the other five muses in Picasso’s lifetime were left psychologically ruptured – a rupture that would encapsulate another two generations of the Picasso family.
Picasso's muse. Roque's image began to appear in Picasso's paintings in 1954. These portraits are characterized by an exaggerated neck and feline face, distortions of Roque's features. Eventually her dark eyes and eyebrows, high cheekbones, and classical profile would become familiar symbols in his late paintings.
When Jacqueline Roque (1927–1986) appeared in Picasso’s life in 1952 she instilled a new creativity in his work and her image soon became a constant presence in his production.
Picasso met Jaqueline Roque at the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris in 1952, and would share the rest of his life with her. Roque became his muse and model until he passed away in 1973. The couple married in 1961. Jacqueline had a daughter, Catherine Hutin, from a previous marriage.
Picasso met Jacqueline Roque in 1953, when she worked in a sales position for the pottery studio where he made ceramics in the South of France. She was twenty-seven when they met; he was seventy-two. Roque moved in with Picasso in 1954; the couple married in 1961.
Apr 5, 2017 · Jacqueline inhabits our museum, in the permanent collection we can find her represented by Picasso in various works, but at the same time the Museu Picasso of Barcelona was one of the major benefactors; he donated 41 ceramic pieces and an oil painting, The woman in a bonnet (1961).
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Nov 7, 2017 · Rarely seen in public since 1954, Pablo Picasso's vivid celebration of his lover, Jacqueline Roque, remained in his collection for many years.In early autumn...
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