Isabelle Collin Dufresne |
Isabelle Collin Dufresne (stage name Ultra Violet; 6 September 1935 – 14 June 2014) was a French-American[1][2] artist, author, and both a colleague of Andy Warhol and one of the pop artist's so-called superstars. Earlier in her career, she worked for and studied with surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Dufresne lived and worked in New York City, and also had a studio in Nice, France. Contents 1 Early life 2 Salvador Dalí and New York City 3 Warhol and "The Factory" 4 Later career 5 Personal life 6 Books 7 Filmography 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Early life Isabelle Collin Dufresne was brought up in a strict religious upper-middle-class family,[3] but she rebelled at an early age.[2] She was instructed at a Catholic school, and then a reform school.[4] In 1953, she received a BA in Art at Le Sacré Cśur in Grenoble, France. She soon left France to live with an older sister in New York City.[2] Salvador Dalí and New York City In 1954, after a meeting with Salvador Dalí, she became his "muse", pupil, studio assistant, and lover[2][5] in both Port Lligat, Spain, and in New York City. Later, she would recall, "I realized that I was 'surreal', which I never knew until I met Dalí".[6] In the 1960s, Dufresne began to follow the progressive American Pop Art scene including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and James Rosenquist.
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