Papers, 1927-1966.

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Papers, 1927-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34136904

Correspondence from Borsum to various family members during her two years abroad in Europe and ca. 30 letters from 1929-1965 from Fernande Olivier to Borsum. The letters from Olivier recount life with Picasso, mention Alice B. Toklas who also study French with Olivier, and discuss the hardships experienced during WWII France. The collection also contains a small photo-portrait of Fernande Olivier and broadside announcing an art exhibition at the Moderne Acaděmie in Paris.

.4 lin. ft. (1 archives box)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7353816

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Olivier, Fernande, 1881-1966

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Fernande Olivier (born Amélie Lang; 6 June 1881 – 26 January 1966) was a French artist and model known primarily for having been the model of painter Pablo Picasso, and for her written accounts of her relationship with him. Picasso painted over 60 portraits of Olivier....

Borsum, Marjorie Kelly.

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San Diego native who took a journey abroad to Europe in from 1927 to 1929. While residing in Paris, Ms. Kelly Borsum took French lessons from Fernande Olivier, who had earlier been a mistress of Pablo Picasso. Kelly Borsum returned to San Diego where she eventually became a professor of art at San Diego State College. From the description of Papers, 1927-1966. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 34136904 ...

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973

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Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon...