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
Fernande Decruck Fernande Decruck Fernande Decruck (née Breilh) (25 December 18966 August 1954) was a French composer who composed over 40 works for the saxophone. Most well-known is her Sonata in C sharp minor for alto saxophone or viola, dedicated to Marcel Mule. She was born in the village of Gaillac in France to a local merchant. She began learning piano aged eight and studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse. She was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1918 studying organ and composition. There she won prizes in harmony, fugue, counterpoint, and piano accompaniment. Her studies in improvisation on organ led