who is his wife Colette, to whom he was married for 80 years?

Figure of contemporary art, seen as “the greatest artist in the world during his lifetime” by Francois Hollande during his five-year term, Pierre-Soulages died on October 26 at the age of 102. At his side, unfailing presence and faithful companion, Colette Soulages accompanied him for 80 years of his life.

An all-black wedding

It is at the Beaux-Arts in Montpellier, where he intends to pass the drawing teacher competition, that Pierre-Soulages from the top of his 1.90m met the one who will delight his heart in 1941, when he returns from the front. Their love is almost obvious, she coming from Séte and he from Aveyron. They fell in love almost immediately after visiting the Fabre Museum. A year later, they were all dressed in black and married at the Saint-Louis church in Sète, at midnight. Many points in common unite them and she, who was destined for an artistic career, will put her life on hold to devote herself to her husband’s career.

In this month of October, the spouses who did not have children celebrated their 80 years of marriage, when they were both centenarians. Indeed, Pierre Soulages who has just disappeared was 102 years old and Colette celebrated her 101st birthday this year. During his centenary, in 2019, the artist said of his wife, of whom he liked to tell how he had met him in each of his interviews: “77 years with Colette and I’ve never been bored with her”.

A trip around the world for two

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