Suzanne Blier

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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · The Truth About Pablo Picasso · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

Yes, she was 17 at the time.

And I think she represented for him youth.

And, um...

That kind of eternal beauty.

And even when he is painting her, it's always with the bangs and the ponytail.

And yeah, I mean, that was way too young.

And in a certain sense, she was an anomaly.

You know, many of...

The other women were, she was certainly engaged with art in her own way, but I think it was that youth that he was just thinking he had lost in some way.

And she remained deeply in love with him in a way and very complex part of his life for sure.

They were young, generally younger than him.

I'm not sure what the age, I think Fernand was a little bit older, but she was by far the youth, the one that for various reasons was problematic and very much remained so.

How do you approach this then?

I think Picasso would want us to look at the complexity, and that would be his relationships with everyone.

And certainly the women, but each of those women.

I mean, he was very supportive of the artistic careers of Dormar, for example.

and the others.

And they also, he appreciated the intellectual and the support that they would provide him.

I mean, he learned from them, he engaged with them in various ways.

So as I'm evaluating people,

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