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
George Willison (artist) George Willison (artist) George Willison (1741–1797) was a Scottish portrait-painter. He is best known for his works done in India. He was a son of David Willison, an Edinburgh printer and publisher, and grandson of John Willison. His uncle George Dempster of Dunnichen sent him to Rome to study art. There from 1760 to 1767, he worked initially under Raphael Mengs. On his return he settled in London. Willison went to India and painted portraits, including those of some Indian princes and their families. He returned to Edinburgh, having acquired a large fortune in jewels. There he continued to paint,