Françoise Gilot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Françoise Gilot

French painter

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1986

Profession: painter, choreographer, model

Nationality: United States, France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Marie Françoise Gilot (born 26 November 1921) is a French painter, art critic, and bestselling author.
In 1973 she was appointed art director of the scholarly journal Virginia Woolf Quarterly.
In 1976 she joined the board of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, where she taught summer courses and took on organizational responsibilities until 1983.Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she designed costumes, stage sets, and masks for productions at the Guggenheim in New York City.
She was awarded a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1990.