Francoise Gilot

Francoise Gilot

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Born in 1921 , Francoise was the only child Emile Gilot and Madeleine Renault-Gilot

FRANCOISE GILOT

The artist ,The muse , The serendipity

A remarkable portrait of celebrated French artist Francoise Gilot, wife of Jonas Salk, exposing the secret to her artistic brilliance. She was born in 1921, into a renowned fashion family and married Jonas Salk in 1945. Together they made innovative contributions to DNA research, developing polio vaccines and finding a cure for poliovirus while working at the famed Salk Institute. In this intimate portrait, Francoise reveals the surprising source of her artistry: her grandfather’s ‘couturier” business selling exotic foods and his photography studio that opened new ways of seeing color.”

ABOUT FRANCOISE

Unlike most children Francoise obtains a insatiable passion for Greek Mythology and is quite fond of it and is intrigued and by the age 12 has read works by Villon,Ronsad,Rabelais,Poe, as well as Baudelaire. Then again by the age of 14 she has read Alfred Jarry.

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