Paloma Picasso

Paloma Picasso: A Transformative Journey

Just this weekend passed, my partner showed me this picture of Paloma Picasso - and the amazing thing he wanted to point out was not that Paloma Picasso is Pablo Picasso's (youngest) child, but the featuring picture of her showed her at 61 years old. And I must say, she looks more than amazing. From the picture shown, I would only have guessed her to be from mid to late twenties.

So her picture and yes I admit it, that she is Pablo Picasso's daughter and that she designs jewelry, started me on a Google search about her.

Paloma Story

If you would like to know more about Paloma Picasso, a Google search will yield a lot of information. Paloma is the child of the famous Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot, an artist in her own right (who is alive and well at the time of writing).. Paloma has a 2-year older brother, Claude. Pablo and Francoise were not (or ever) married at the time of their births - which resulted in a legal wrangle at the time of Pablo Picasso's death as, at the time, children born out of legal wedlock, were not recognized in France.

Paloma, though bearing under/with the Picasso name, has done exquisitely well in life, in her own rights. She is a global name and a highly respected artist (thought, ignoramus me, I never heard of her before this). She has a 30-year association with Tiffany, and various product lines under her own name.

Like I said, you can find out much more about her via a Google search or from the following online articles:

• "Get up close and personal with Paloma Picasso at Tiffany.com" from firstwaternews.com
• "Paloma Picasso’s Signature Pieces Take Pride of Place Among 170 Years of the Famed Jeweler’s Remarkable Creations", from washingtonlife.com
• "Paloma (Picasso)" from pinkmagazine.com
• Or browse a collection of her works via Tiffany & Co.: Browse Paloma Picasso®

One little tidbit that I liked was that Pablo Picasso named her after the dove he designed for the 1949 Paris Peace Congress. Paloma was born in 1949.

Paloma Picasso through the Years

But really, why I was Googling away at Paloma was that I was intrigued to find out how she looked in her younger days. And some of the pics I found showed a tantalizing sequence. It is true, as Jane Wheatley says in the GW article, that Paloma looks even better now than she did in her younger days. So here are some of the pics I found, arranged in chronological order.

The first picture shown at the top of the page is scanned from that magazine (so the resolution is not great) and is supposedly showing her at the age of 61. Incredible right? If she has had cosmetic surgery, and she does admit to "a bit near her eyelids", then it has been a truly excellent procedure(s).

1966	1973	1985	2002
2005	2006	2008	2009	2010

Quite a Transformative journey, don't you think?

And last but not least, a painting by Pablo Picasso: "Paloma Picasso", 1956