Fernande Olivier in exchange for a promise not to publish anything further about their relationship as long as either of the two was alive. She died in 1966, he in 1973. Her importance is based not only on the memoirs, which were finally published in their entirety in 1988, but on the fact that she was the only one of Picasso's mistresses who knew him before he achieved fame and fortune. Paul Léautaud describes her in his "Journal". Guillaume Apollinaire also had a love affair with her. Fernande Olivier Fernande Olivier (born Amélie Lang; 6 June 1881 – 26 January 1966) was
John Simpson (artist) John Simpson (artist) John Philip Simpson (1782–1847) was an English painter, known for his portraits. Simpson was born in London in 1782 and was a student at the Royal Academy and for some years an assistant to Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA. He obtained some success as a portrait-painter, and eventually a very large practice. From 1807 to his death he was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and other exhibitions. In 1834 he received a commission to go to Portugal, and painted portraits at Lisbon, where he was appointed painter to the queen of Portugal. Late 19th-century biographer Sidney