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Jacqueline Picasso or Jacqueline Roque (24 February 1927 – 15 October 1986) was the muse and second wife of Pablo Picasso. Their marriage lasted 12 years until his death, during which time he created over 400 portraits of her, more than any of Picasso's other lovers.
Jacqueline Roque remained with Picasso until his death in 1973 and was the most featured woman across his artwork. The circumstances surrounding their meeting were not traditional, with Picasso becoming entangled with Roque while he was still with Françoise Gilot, the mother of his two children.
In 1953 Picasso met Jacqueline Roque in a ceramic workshop Madoura Pottery. She was his last beloved, the last muse, the most loyal and fanatic admirer of his talent. When their romantic relationship began, Jacqueline turned from an assistant in a workshop into Picasso’s model.
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. Jacqueline, whom he married in 1961, did not only inspire some two hundred portraits (paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures) but her spirit imbued all his ...
Jacqueline Roque: Picasso's Wife, Love & Muse - WSJ. Cubist artist Pablo Picasso's most painted subject was his controversial wife, Jacqueline Roque. Now an exhibition at Pace Gallery...
Picasso first met Jacqueline Roque (1927–1986) in Vallauris in the summer of 1952. They were married in 1961. He recorded her distinctive features—high cheekbones, enormous eyes, and dark, straight hair—in hundreds of works in a variety of styles between 1954 and 1972.
Jacqueline Roque became the second wife of artist Pablo Picasso in 1961, when he was 80 and she was 35. By all accounts, she was obsessively devoted to Picasso, although some of his biographers question her motives.
