Which artist has the most lovers?

Picasso had a romantic and suave life with constant love affairs. The influence of his personal love history on his painting style has become a prominent figure in the history of art. When Picasso was living in Paris in the 1930s, he met Dora Maar, a woman with idiosyncratic behavior in a café, and the two hit it off. Unlike other women who have a one-night stand, Mal is a talented photographer. During the seven years of their official relationship, she witnessed the creation process of the classic "Guernica" with her camera and became a complete photographer. The absurdity of many of Cassel's paintings. Although Picasso still found a new love in the end, Maar couldn't bear the blow and suffered a mental breakdown.

Most people think of artists as emotionally rich and sensitive. Although Picasso had strong passion, he lacked deep empathy and sympathy for others. Picasso was keen to put his lover into the painting, but what he really cared about was the effect on the canvas and the transformation of himself in the painting. Art critic John Berger once discussed in his book "The Success and Failure of Picasso": "Picasso's portraits of women are often self-portraits in which he discovered himself in them." ....He can only fully see himself when a woman completely reflects himself."

In the emotional world, Picasso was obsessed with lust and power. He took the half-man and half-animal figure from Greek mythology. The image of Minotaur is self-explanatory, not only possessing the lover, but also ravaging the lover. Picasso often made fun of Maar without any purpose. When Maar cried when she was wronged, he immediately took out his sketchbook and drew her crying. In fact, the fate of Picasso's lovers was not good: one died of illness, one had a mental breakdown, two died of suicide, and one suffered from mental torture and wrote a biography after the divorce to expose Picasso's private life.

In 1937, Picasso completed the future Cubist classic "Crying Woman" based on Maar's crying appearance. The lines in the painting are abrupt, the colors are strong, and the woman's face is broken and distorted. Maar became the saddest woman in the history of art. Many critics believe that "The Crying Woman" shows male masculinity and misogyny, and also shows the power relationship between Picasso and Maar: a tyrant in love, coldly watching the sad lover, but the lover despite Crying till my eyes are wet with tears, I am willing to surrender to the tyranny of love.

Maar is indeed no match for Picasso. She was twenty-six years younger than Picasso. Photography, which she loved, had a far lower status in Picasso's eyes than painting. After Picasso found a new love, he even forced the two lovers to make friends with each other and maintain a threesome relationship. As a result, Maar gradually became insane. On the verge of collapse, she threw a sentence to Picasso: "As a painter, you are extraordinary, but morally you are worthless!"

Having said that, now, When talking about Picasso's achievements, everyone still only talks about the first half of this sentence, or the order of this sentence is reversed. Dora Maar, this scarred myth, lived in the shadow of Picasso for the rest of her life, and died in poverty and depression. In addition to leaving behind an artistic legend and the image of "Crying Woman" after dinner, she is only one of the "artists' lovers" after all. (Text/Kerenshi)

Gauguin and his Tahitian woman

Paul Gauguin, together with Van Gogh and Cézanne, is the "poster" The "Big Three" of Impressionism. As an epoch-making artist, what he hates most is European civilization, and what he yearns for most is "to die in a wild paradise, walking and painting among palm trees..." He finally got his wish, and the passion for life pushed him to the wild Tahiti. , putting works of art on the stage of world-class masters. When he died of illness in the Marquesas Islands in 1903, only the natives were with him.

Gauguin was not only an art master, but also a writing expert. When he was in Tahiti, he ran the newspaper "Smile", where he criticized the French people stationed there all day long for comfort.

He even published a book at his own expense, "Where is the Passion of Life - Tahiti's Journey to Tahiti", recording his explorations and adventures, the happy days of marrying a local lady, the customs and customs of Tahiti, etc...

Master, wildness, death from illness, wildness, adventure... Put these marks together into a person's trajectory, and ask "Where is the passion for life?"

The following is excerpted from "Where is the Passion of Life - Gauguin's Journey to Tahitian", written by Paul Gauguin.

As a man and a male painter, Gauguin's life was always filled with women, whether in his private life or his works. According to data, Gauguin once said excitedly after watching the Paris International Exposition: "I will build a tropical studio and welcome everyone to visit." "Come and buy a hut like the one we saw at the Paris International Exposition... the women there Gentle, I think the local women would be very willing to be my models." Gauguin, who is about to go to Tahiti, does not seem to worry about the impact of his femininity in a foreign country. He is "the most popular in Montmartre." Man” confidently travels to Tahiti to begin his original quest.

Tahiti, a land where primitive traditions are mixed with the New World, still has its own national insistence on the relationship between men and women. On the island, men and women are strengthened internally by the breeze blowing from the forest and the sea. Their shoulders and hips are widened and thickened, and the inconspicuous distinction between the sexes simplifies their relationship. They stay naked all year round, freeing each other from fantasies of "mystery" and from contaminating their love with obscurity and abuse.

The relationship between men and women is more like comrades or friends than lovers. When encountering the pursuit between men and women, Tahitian women are happy to be captured by strong men. Their faces are full of pride and unique self-confidence, and they remain calm with an air that urges men to take action. There is a saying in Tahiti: "A man without a woman is not a real man."

Gauguin's first female partner was a half-Maori, half-British prostitute named Ti. Di. Didi was not the wild bride that Gauguin dreamed of. She was proud of her half-white heritage. However, to the men wandering the streets, Didi was just a prostitute who was readily available; to Gauguin, the same was true, and Didi was just an object to satisfy his physical needs.

Gradually, Gauguin became increasingly intolerable to her attitude of loving money as much as life and vanity. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before he got rid of her! Finally, after Gauguin decided to move to Mattea, Didi wisely began to look for a new man. When Gauguin lived in Matthaea, although he gradually got used to the local life and made new friends, he was still afraid of women and did not dare to take action.

Despite the unbearable loneliness in his heart, the support from his neighbors, and even the encouraging looks from the Tahitian women, he still chose to stand still.

On a brief expedition, he found his Tahitian bride, the 13-year-old Tiha Amana, also known as Tihura. Gauguin was so immersed in the ecstasy of love that he even felt a little naive, but with the young Tihura, he regained his confidence again. During this period, Tihura naturally became Gauguin's first model. Paintings such as "The Watching of the Dead", "Ancestors of Tiha Amana" and some wooden heads are all incarnations of Tihura. In addition to being life partners, Gauguin and Tehura also exchanged cultural differences with each other. Gauguin, in particular, received precious Maori religious legends from Tehura. Using these oral materials, Gauguin also created several related paintings, such as "Her Name is Vera Omati". Despite Tihura's sometimes ignorant and childish behavior, Gauguin generally got along well with her.

One night, Tihura told Gauguin that she was pregnant. Gauguin even came up with the idea of ????staying to raise and educate his children. However, at this time, he had not yet received the message. Remittances from France therefore faced great difficulties. So he thought of returning to France and told Tihura that he was just going back to deal with things and would come back when everything was over.

But this farewell was actually a reunion two years later...

The reason why Gauguin came to Tahiti was, in fact, that the life in Tahiti deeply attracted him. Here, he saw to "original magnificence." Moreover, besides painting, he does not need to engage in other annoying tasks, and he can avoid the attention and pressure of artists and critics.

But two years later, in 1895, when he returned to Tahiti, many things could no longer be the same as before. Even Gauguin, who supported the natives, did not behave much more noblely than other colonists. He had several lovers, and even after contracting syphilis, he still enjoyed them. Moreover, these lovers were only thirteen or fourteen years old. This kind of evil behavior was not only unacceptable in Europe, but also caused people's uneasiness and criticism even in Tahiti.

In short, in Gauguin’s life, women came and went, some were models, some left the remnants of carnival, some gave birth to children for him, and some left beautiful memories for him. Looking back, what we can be sure of is that women are definitely one of the important sources of Gauguin's life, art, and inspiration.

I don’t know much about Pablo Picasso. I found it when I looked up information. Maybe the artist’s inspiration comes from these unlikely love affairs.