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Manmade horrors beyond comprehension (lemmy.today)
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[–] withnail 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

He was a misogynist who, by his own admission, used women until they broke and then abandoned them. I'll let wikipedia summarize:

Picasso has been characterised as a womaniser and a misogynist, being quoted as saying to long-time partner Françoise Gilot that "women are machines for suffering."[136] He later allegedly told her, "For me there are only two kinds of women: goddesses and doormats."[137] In her memoir, Picasso, My Grandfather, Marina Picasso writes of his treatment of women, "He submitted them to his animal sexuality, tamed them, bewitched them, ingested them, and crushed them onto his canvas. After he had spent many nights extracting their essence, once they were bled dry, he would dispose of them."[138]

Of the several important women in his life, two – lover Marie-Thèrése Walter and his second wife Jacqueline Roque – died by suicide. Others, notably his first wife Olga Khokhlova and lover Dora Maar, succumbed to nervous breakdowns.

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was also super into bullfighting. i.e. torturing animals to death for kicks. Aside from his artistic contributions, he had very few redeeming qualities. I read a biography of him a number of years back, and I mostly remember it being appalling.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 2 years ago

That's because of his traditional Spanish background, it's not very related.