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Claude Picasso
Born
Claude Ruiz Gilot

(1947-05-15)15 May 1947
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died24 August 2023(2023-08-24) (aged 76)
Switzerland
NationalityFrench, Spanish
Spouses
  • Sara Lavner
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    (m. 1969; div. 1972)​
  • Sydney Russel
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    (m. 1979; div. 2000)​
Parents
Relatives

Claude Ruiz Picasso (15 May 1947 – 24 August 2023) was a French photographer, cinematographer, film director, visual artist, graphic designer, businessman, and the third child of the artist Pablo Picasso.

Life and career

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Claude Ruiz Gilot was born in France to artists Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso on May 15, 1947.[1] His father wanted to name him Pablo, but since he already had a son named Paul—the French equivalent—Gilot wanted to name him after Claude Gillot (1673–1722), a pioneering French Rococo artist and mentor to fellow artist Jean-Antoine Watteau.[2] His surname was changed to Picasso at the age of 12.[3][4]

Picasso lived in New York from 1967 to 1974. In 1968, he met Sara Lavner (Schultz), a young woman from Brooklyn. They married in 1969 and divorced in 1972.[5]

He worked as an assistant for photographer Richard Avedon for almost a year, and studied cinema and mise-en-scène at the Actors Studio. He was a photojournalist for various publications such as Esquire, Time, Life, Vogue, and Saturday Review.[6][7]

After the release of his mother's memoir Life with Picasso (1964), Picasso became estranged from his father, who severed ties with him and his younger sister, Paloma Picasso.[8] In 1970, Picasso and his sister filed a lawsuit in France to be recognized as their father's legitimate children, thereby becoming heirs. Eventually, a court decided in favor of Picasso and his sister Paloma in 1974.[9]

His father's legacy was important to him, and he established the Picasso Administration to look after copyright and other legal matters.[10] From 1989 until 2023, Picasso served as the court-appointed administrator of the Picasso estate, where he collaborated with his father's descendants to manage the artist's legacy.[11]

Over the following few decades, the Picasso family would experience a series of internal conflicts. The most heated dispute occurred in 1999 when PSA Peugeot-Citroen unveiled an automobile under Picasso's name after Claude Picasso sold the artist's name and signature. Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter Marina Picasso filed a lawsuit against Claude Picasso, alleging that he had treated "one of the greatest painters, a genius," disrespectfully. When asked about the situation, his attorney told The Guardian: "Claude Ruiz Picasso is recognized by a majority of the five surviving heirs as being perfectly entitled to exploit the Picasso brand name."[11]

Picasso also owned and raced vintage automobiles.[12]

Death

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Picasso died on 24 August 2023, at the age of 76, almost three months after his mother's death.[13][14] He was survived by his wife, Sylvie Vautier Picasso, and his sons, Solal and Jasmin.[15][16]

Awards

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Claude Picasso was decorated with the Legion d'Honneur in 2011 for his personal work as photographer, cinematographer, and visual artist, as well as his efforts to administer his father's heritage.

References

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  1. ^ Carvajal, Doreen (3 September 2014). "Picasso Museum to Reopen at Last, With New Leader". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Gilot, Françoise; Lake, Carlton (1964). Life with Picasso. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill. p. 160. OCLC 610027514 – via the Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Hawley, Janet (28 August 2011). "A wife apart". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ^ Hawley, Janet (23 July 2011). "Pablo was the greatest love of my life ... I left before I was destroyed", Good Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 19.
  5. ^ Lavner, Sara (2014). The Glitter Factory: The Making and Unmaking of Sara Picasso (A Memoir). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 27–95. ISBN 978-1499379457.
  6. ^ "Remise de décorations à Claude Ruiz-Picasso, Myung-Whun Chung, Ismaïl Serageldin, et Evgueni Kissin". www.culture.gouv.fr.
  7. ^ "Work In Progress". Esquire. 73: 212–213. December 1969.
  8. ^ McNeese, Tim (2006). Pablo Picasso. Infobase Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4381-0687-8.
  9. ^ "2 Picassos By Mistress Will Inherit". Daily News. New York. 13 March 1974. p. 39.
  10. ^ "The Family Concern of Claude Picasso in The Australian".
  11. ^ a b Greenberger, Alex (24 August 2023). "Claude Picasso, Longtime Administrator of the Picasso Estate, Dies at 76". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  12. ^ "In Conversation: Claude Picasso and John Richardson". Gagosian Quarterly. 22 January 2019.
  13. ^ Cain, Sian (25 August 2023). "Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Claude Picasso, le gentilhomme andalou". LEFIGARO. 24 August 2023.
  15. ^ Sandomir, Richard (27 August 2023). "Claude Ruiz-Picasso, Who Ran His Artist Father's Estate, Dies at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  16. ^ Cain, Sian (25 August 2023). "Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

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