Background
Claude is the son of Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso and the older brother of Paloma Picasso.
Claude is the son of Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso and the older brother of Paloma Picasso.
He was a photographer in New York City when his father died. At the time, he had experienced a period of estrangement from his father due to his mother"s memoir Life with Picasso. His father"s legacy nevertheless proved important to him and he established the "Picasso Administration."
Claude lived in New York between 1967 and 1974.
He was Richard Avedon photographic assistant for almost a year, studied cinema and mise en scène at the Actors Studio.
He also worked as a photo journalist for Time-Life, Vogue and Saturday Review.