Fernande Olivier passions sometimes exploded into violence. Among his most notable works of his Cubist period from 1907 to 1909, several were inspired by Olivier. These include "Head of a Woman (Fernande)". He later admitted that one of the "Demoiselles d'Avignon" was modeled on her. In April 1907 Olivier went to a local orphanage and adopted a 13-year-old girl, Raymonde. The small family did not last, however, and upon discovering explicit drawings of Raymonde made by Picasso, Olivier sent the girl back to the orphanage. Olivier made no mention of Raymonde in her memoirs. When Picasso finally achieved success as an artist,
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,