In this artwork, how is the Jacqueline Roque of the Background elucidated?
Picasso met Roque in Madoura in 1952, after she started working at Madoura Pottery in Vallauris. She became his model and they eventually began a relationship. At the time, Picasso was still in a relationship with Françoise Gilot, with whom he had two children, Paloma and Claude. Gilot soon left Picasso, allowing Roque and Picasso to move in together in 1954. Picasso was by this point in his early seventies, while Roque was in her late twenties. Despite the age gap, they were devoted to each other and married in 1961. William Rubin remarked that, "Jacqueline’s understated, gentle, and loving personality combined with her unconditional commitment to [Picasso] provided an emotionally stable life and a dependable foyer over a longer period of time than he had ever before enjoyed". Three months after their wedding, in June 1961, the couple moved into Notre-Dame-de-Vie, a farmhouse near Mougins, where Picasso spent the remaining years of his life. Picasso's love for Roque is reflected in the numerous paintings that he produced of her, which exceeded the number of portraits that he produced of his other lovers. Roque remained Picasso's wife until his death in 1973. She eventually committed suicide in 1986 following the death of her husband.
Jacqueline Roque Françoise Gilot Paloma Vallauris Mougins Claude