At about ten-thirty that morning, on a low hill four miles south of Beaumont called Sour Springs Mound, the oil well known as Spindletop came in. The gusher began with a roar, shaking the ground ...

The Painter (Self-portrait at Work), oil on canvas, 1946. Gilot painted the self-portrait while she and Picasso were staying in Antibes, on the French Riviera. Françoise Gilot, 2021 Françoise ...