Fernande Olivier husband without a formal divorce and moved to Paris. She changed her name so that her husband could not find her. Olivier quickly found work modeling for artists; she was a fixture in the circle of friends of writer Guillaume Apollinaire, where she also became friends with Paul Léautaud, Kees van Dongen and Edmond-Marie Poullain. Van Dongen in particular painted her several times. She met Picasso at the Bateau-Lavoir in 1904, and by the next year they were living together. Their relationship lasted seven years and was characterized by its tempestuousness. Both Olivier and Picasso were jealous lovers, and their
Samuel Bernard (artist) Samuel Bernard (artist) Samuel Bernard, also known as Jacques-Samuel Bernard was a French miniature painter and engraver. Born to a Protestant family in Paris in 1615, he was the son of Noel Bernard, a painter. He was a pupil of both Simon Vouet and of Louis du Guernier, and made some attempts at fresco painting, but not succeeding to his expectation, he painted miniatures for a while, before finally devoting himself entirely to engraving. Some still lifes, painted in the early 1660s are also known. He joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on its foundation in 1648