Lydia Corbett is a kind and modest person. She gladly answered the questions asked during the meeting. She spoke about meeting Pablo Picasso and the three months she spent posing for him. She does not consider herself Picasso’s woman. When she was invited to the “Picasso’s Women” exhibition in Germany, she refused.
When she met Pablo, she was in love with her future husband, Toby. Picasso was like the father she felt she had been missing. In an interview with our website, Lydia told the story of her childhood. Her father, the painter Emanuel David, divorced her mother when she was pregnant.
Lydia had always painted, although she did not decide to make her debut until she was 45, encouraged, incidentally, by her father, with whom she maintains a friendly relationship. He was the one who told her that she had talent and an original style. She likes Picasso’s art, but also mentions other artists who inspired her: Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse. Lydia Corbett’s favourite technique is watercolour. The subjects of her works are women and children, whom she very gladly portrays. Nature and biblical scenes are also among her subjects. Lydia Corbett is a deeply spiritual and religious woman. She speaks simply about her faith and trust in God. She belongs to the Anglican Church, where she was baptised together with her children. However, she experienced enlightenment at the age of 27 through contact with Subud (a personal path of spiritual development whose aim is to achieve the fullness of humanity). It was then, as a sign of her spiritual transformation, that she changed her name.
Men are not often present in her paintings. The artist believes that she does not trust them. “It is difficult to admit, but I have not met the right man for me in my life. I also missed my father, who was not with us. That is probably why men are not the subject of my works,” the artist says. She has a wonderful relationship with her children. Her daughter Izabella, also an artist, travelled to Poland with her. Both women spoke with great fondness about the evening at Piwnica Paryska in Bolesławiec, Poland and the extraordinary hospitality of the residents of Bolesławiec.
Soon, the full interview with the artist, which she gave us, will be published on the IstotneInformacje.pl website. It covers her children, marriages, creative work and spiritual experiences.
(GH information)