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Portrait Lil Picard


Known also as the "MUSE OF THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE" and the "GRANDMOTHER OF THE HIPPIES," Picard, a native of Germany, traveled in the Berlin dada circles before escaping the national socialist government with her husband and immigrating to the United States in 1936. In the late 1950s and '60s, she was a member of the NO!art collective, as well as a friend and collaborator to many artists associated with North American Pop Art. —Died 1994 in New York.

1970 YES & NO Thoughts, Essay
1995 NO! — Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
2001 NO!art and the Aesthetics of Doom — BLOCK Museum, Evanston, IL
2002 NO!art and the Aesthetics of Doom — Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA