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> Picasso was not very nice to women in his life. "Not very nice". No, Picasso was wildly sadistic and cruel to women in his life and talked about it endlessl

> Picasso was not very nice to women in his life. "Not very nice". No, Picasso was wildly sadistic and cruel to women in his life and talked about it endlessly as he did it and even painted it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weeping_Woman#Relationship_with_Dora_Maar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weeping_Woman#Relationship... https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-bled-the-women-in-his-life-for-art/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-b... > Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s young lover between his first wife, Olga Khokhlova, and his next mistress, Dora Maar, later hanged herself; even Roque [his second wife] eventually fatally shot herself. “Women are machines for suffering,” Picasso told Françoise Gilot, his mistress after Maar.

_carbyau_ 4y ago
I wanted a clear example without going into details that might distract from the point. But you are correct that "not very nice" is a significant understatement. He was horrible to them and I honestly don't think his art balances out his behaviour. If life was justified, he would have been in gaol quick smart and his art career never would have happened. But after the fact, we can take what we can from his art - which others seem to do more than I - while acknowledging his deplorable behaviour and sanctifying the respect and dignity of his victims.