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
John Middleton (Norfolk artist) John Middleton (Norfolk artist) John Middleton (9 January 1827 – 11 November 1856) was an English artist, known for his accomplished work as a painter of watercolours. He was the youngest and the last important member of the Norwich School of painters, which was, when it was founded in 1803 in Norwich, the first provincial art movement in Britain. Middleton's father, also called John, was a Norwich glass stainer, and his mother painted plants and occasionally exhibited her work with the Norwich Society of Artists. Middleton was educated in Norwich and studied art under John Berney Crome and Henry Bright,