Fernande Olivier then Picasso was the most famous artist of the age, and the publication of Olivier's memoirs carried commercial potential. The memoir, entitled "Picasso et ses amis" (Picasso and his Friends), was published in 1930 in serialized form in the Belgian daily "Le Soir", despite Picasso's strong opposition. He hired lawyers to prevent the publication of the series (only six articles were published). The payment she received helped her to improve her lifestyle somewhat, but she spent it quickly. Olivier remained forgotten until 1956, when, deaf and suffering from arthritis, she succeeded in persuading Picasso to pay her a small pension
Fernande Keufgens it to me." After the war, she married an American soldier, Bill Davis. The two moved to the United States, where Keufgens became a university professor in French. In 2008, Keufgens wrote her memoir called "Girl in the Belgian Resistance." She continues to lecture about her wartime resistance work. Fernande Keufgens Fernande Keufgens (also known as Fernande Davis) was a Belgian resistance fighter with the during the Second World War. Fernande Keufgens was one of eight children in a close-knit family; she was sixteen years old when the Germans invaded Belgium. Before World War II began, Keufgens's father—who witnessed the