Fernande Olivier Fernande Olivier Fernande Olivier (born Amélie Lang; 6 June 1881 – 26 January 1966) was a French artist and model known primarily for having been the model of painter Pablo Picasso, and for her written accounts of her relationship with him. Picasso painted over 60 portraits of Olivier. Olivier was born of an out-of-wedlock relationship between her mother and a married man. She was raised by an aunt and uncle, who attempted to arrange a marriage for her. Instead, Olivier ran away and married a man who abused her. In 1900, when she was 19 years old, she left her
Jane Freeman (artist) Jane Freeman (artist) Jane Freeman (1871 – 23 September 1963) was a British-American modernist artist whose paintings include portraits of Albert Schweitzer and Mother Cabrini. Her art is part of the collections of the University of Pennsylvania and the Springville, Utah Museum of Art. She was born in Chesterfield, England. She began as an artist's model, then found work as an illustrator for magazines and advertisements. Soon after she became a painter. She studied art with Robert Henri at the Cooper Union and with the Art Students League, both in New York, as well as with William Merritt Chase and