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Francois Gilot (1921–2023) was a pivotal French painter and memoirist known for her independence, resilience, and lifelong exploration of form and color. Best known for Life with Picasso (1964), she forged an eight-decade career spanning painting, printmaking, and ceramics. Her work moved from representational portraits to bold abstraction, including the Labyrinth series from the 1960s. Major institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Pompidou hold her works, with additional pieces in numerous American and European collections.