Sylvette david

When Sylvette David was just 19, she met the ageing Picasso, who was immediately entranced. Alastair Sooke looks back at the moment the artist met his muse.

Young Lydia Corbett, otherwise known as Sylvette David © Francois Pages In April of 1954, a young Sylvette David became one of Pablo Picasso's most iconic, if not enigmatic muses (if you haven't read our article of her story, we suggest you do that first and come back). Who was this ethereal woma

Lydia Corbett, formerly know as Sylvette David, lives in South Devon and is a painter and ceramicist. Sylvette was a muse for Picasso for many paintings.

© Francois Pages For a few Spring months in 1954, a melancholy Picasso found himself enraptured by 19-year-old Sylvette David. Of all the muses who bookmarked his life — and there were many — she's fallen to the wayside of history as one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood. For years, critics

Sad faced Sylvette David holds a portrait of herself sketched by famed artist Pablo Picasso. Currently the Spanish painter's favorite model, Miss David posed for Picasso's last 13 paintings, which...

© Francois Pages For a few Spring months in 1954, a melancholy Picasso found himself enraptured by 19-year-old Sylvette David. Of all the muses who bookmarked his life — and there were many — she's fallen to the wayside of history as one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood. For years, critics

Sylvette David aka Lydia Corbett, former model of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, poses in front of her portrait "Sylvette" that Picasso created on May 3 during a press preview on February 20, 2014 at...

© Francois Pages For a few Spring months in 1954, a melancholy Picasso found himself enraptured by 19-year-old Sylvette David. Of all the muses who bookmarked his life — and there were many — she's fallen to the wayside of history as one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood. For years, critics