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Lydia Corbett
Sylvette in Vallauris, 1954

2024

About the Item

Lydia Corbett, née Sylvette David was born in Paris in 1934. At the age of nineteen Lydia had moved to Vallauris in the south of France, where she met Pablo Picasso in 1954 and was the subject of over 70 of his paintings. Corbett moved from Paris to England in 1968 where she pursued her own painting career, presenting twelve solo exhibitions in London. In 1991 she exhibited in Japan, and in the USA in 2004. In 2014 an exhibition of her watercolours were shown at Theater Bremen, concurrently with a major exhibition of Picasso’s work inspired by her, ‘Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette’ held at the Kunsthalle Bremen. These two exhibitions were the subject of a film produced by ARTE broadcast in England and Germany. Solo exhibitions with David Simon Contemporary 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Next exhibition November 2024 to celebrate Lydia Corbett’s 90th birthday and to mark 70 years since she sat for Picasso in 1954. Lydia Corbett’s paintings are in the permanent collections of Musée National Picasso, Paris, the Vatican Collection and FAMM, Mougins.
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    2024
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)
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    uniquePrice: $13,523
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  • Gallery Location:
    Castle Cary, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2785215373692

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