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Emilie Louise Flöge - Flöge was a fashion designer and businesswoman, as well as life partner of painter Gustav Klimt.
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Emilie Louise Flöge - Flöge influenced many of Klimt's work, including his famous masterpiece 'The Kiss.'
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Edie Sedgwick - Actress, model, socialite: Edie Sedgwick was an famous "it-girl," who rose to fame as the star of several Andy Warhol films.
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Gala Dalí - Gala Dalí was the wife of poet Paul Éluard, lover of Max Ernst, and later wife of Salvador Dalí.
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Gala Dalí - Gala made a big impact on all three lives of these artists, but influenced Dalí the most. He immortalized her in the explicit work, 'Portrait of Galarina.'
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Camille Claudel - Camille Claudel was an artist herself, a French sculptor who never really hit the mainstream. However, she's perhaps best known as the muse of Auguste Rodin.
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Camille Claudel - Claudel and Rodin had a 25-year age gap, but that didn't stop their forbidden affair. Rodin immortalized her in his work, 'Head of Camille Claudel.'
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Alice Prin - Also known as "Kiki de Montparnasse," this woman was a cabaret singer and a memoirist. She was a model and muse to many surrealists, including Man Ray.
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Alice Prin - It didn't stop with Ray, here's how she was depicted by Gustaw Gwozdecki (left) and Pablo Gargallo (right).
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Dora Maar
- Dora Maar was a painter and poet, as well as Pablo Picasso's muse from the '30s to the '40s.
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Pablo Picasso
- Maar helped influence many of Picasso's work.
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Elizabeth Siddal
- Elizabeth Siddal is an artist in her own right, and a muse to many Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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Elizabeth Siddal
- Siddall modeled for many artists, including John Everett Millais. For his work 'Ophelia,' Siddall floated in a bathtub full of water.
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Victorine Meurent - Meurent was another muse who was an artist in her own right. She modeled for many painters, but mostly for Édouard Manet.
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Victorine Meurent - She's appeared in many of Manet's paintings, including the sublime 'Portrait of Victorine Meurent.'
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Ilona Staller - Ilona Staller, also known as Cicciolina, is a retired adult film star and politician. She married artist Jeff Koons in 1991, and inspired his 'Made In Heaven' series.
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Ilona Staller
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Ada Katz - This New York biologist is the muse of Alex Katz, who has featured her in many of his figurative works.
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Ada Katz - Katz's work shows his wife's effortless style and glow. "She's like Dora Maar, the same kind of face, but then her smile is the American-beauty smile," he told T Magazine.
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George Dyer - George Dyer was a petty burglar before he met Francis Bacon. They had a wild relationship together, and it fatefully ended when Dyer took his own life.
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George Dyer - He was the focus of many Bacon paintings, including 'Triptych, May–June 1973,' which was completed after Dyer took his own life.
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Sandra Bush - Mickalene Thomas is a contemporary artist. Believe it or not, her biggest inspiration is her late mother, Sandra Bush.
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Sandra Bush - That's right, Mickalene's mother is the artist's biggest muse, even after she passed away. "[My mother] is her own person, and I can finally look at her outside of being her daughter," she told Artnet.
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Patti Smith - Patti Smith may be the only muse here who's more famous than who she inspired: Robert Mapplethorpe.
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Patti Smith
- No disrespect to Mapplethorpe, he was a bold and forward-thinking photographer, who shot the cover of Patti Smith's iconic album 'Horses.'
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Linda McCartney - Okay okay, so the focus is on visual artists, but Paul McCartney was a painter too! His first wife, Linda, inspired many of Paul's songs.
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Linda McCartney - As a matter of fact, McCartney went on tell People magazine "Any love song I write is written for Linda." She unfortunately passed away in 1998.
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John Lennon - If you didn't know, Yoko Ono has been an experimental artist decades, before she even met John Lennon.
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John Lennon
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Emilie Louise Flöge - Flöge was a fashion designer and businesswoman, as well as life partner of painter Gustav Klimt.
© Public Domain
1 / 31 Fotos
Emilie Louise Flöge - Flöge influenced many of Klimt's work, including his famous masterpiece 'The Kiss.'
© Public Domain
2 / 31 Fotos
Edie Sedgwick - Actress, model, socialite: Edie Sedgwick was an famous "it-girl," who rose to fame as the star of several Andy Warhol films.
© Getty Images
3 / 31 Fotos
Edie Sedgwick - Sedgwick was a huge influence over Warhol. It's said that she's also the subject of 'Like a Rolling Stone' by Bob Dylan.
© Getty Images
4 / 31 Fotos
Gala Dalí - Gala Dalí was the wife of poet Paul Éluard, lover of Max Ernst, and later wife of Salvador Dalí.
© Getty Images
5 / 31 Fotos
Gala Dalí - Gala made a big impact on all three lives of these artists, but influenced Dalí the most. He immortalized her in the explicit work, 'Portrait of Galarina.'
© Getty Images
6 / 31 Fotos
Camille Claudel - Camille Claudel was an artist herself, a French sculptor who never really hit the mainstream. However, she's perhaps best known as the muse of Auguste Rodin.
© Public Domain
7 / 31 Fotos
Camille Claudel - Claudel and Rodin had a 25-year age gap, but that didn't stop their forbidden affair. Rodin immortalized her in his work, 'Head of Camille Claudel.'
© Getty Images/Public Domain
8 / 31 Fotos
Alice Prin - Also known as "Kiki de Montparnasse," this woman was a cabaret singer and a memoirist. She was a model and muse to many surrealists, including Man Ray.
© Public Domain
9 / 31 Fotos
Alice Prin - It didn't stop with Ray, here's how she was depicted by Gustaw Gwozdecki (left) and Pablo Gargallo (right).
© Public Domain
10 / 31 Fotos
Dora Maar
- Dora Maar was a painter and poet, as well as Pablo Picasso's muse from the '30s to the '40s.
© Getty Images
11 / 31 Fotos
Pablo Picasso
- Maar helped influence many of Picasso's work.
© Getty Images
12 / 31 Fotos
Elizabeth Siddal
- Elizabeth Siddal is an artist in her own right, and a muse to many Pre-Raphaelite artists.
© Public Domain
13 / 31 Fotos
Elizabeth Siddal
- Siddall modeled for many artists, including John Everett Millais. For his work 'Ophelia,' Siddall floated in a bathtub full of water.
© Public Domain
14 / 31 Fotos
Victorine Meurent - Meurent was another muse who was an artist in her own right. She modeled for many painters, but mostly for Édouard Manet.
© Public Domain/Getty Images
15 / 31 Fotos
Victorine Meurent - She's appeared in many of Manet's paintings, including the sublime 'Portrait of Victorine Meurent.'
© Public Domain
16 / 31 Fotos
Ilona Staller - Ilona Staller, also known as Cicciolina, is a retired adult film star and politician. She married artist Jeff Koons in 1991, and inspired his 'Made In Heaven' series.
© Getty Images
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Ilona Staller
- Koons and Staller split up in 1994, and fought over their son in a custody battle, which Koons won. Staller apparently resisted, which inspired Koons' 'Celebration' series.
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Ada Katz - This New York biologist is the muse of Alex Katz, who has featured her in many of his figurative works.
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19 / 31 Fotos
Ada Katz - Katz's work shows his wife's effortless style and glow. "She's like Dora Maar, the same kind of face, but then her smile is the American-beauty smile," he told T Magazine.
© Getty Images
20 / 31 Fotos
George Dyer - George Dyer was a petty burglar before he met Francis Bacon. They had a wild relationship together, and it fatefully ended when Dyer took his own life.
© Getty Images
21 / 31 Fotos
George Dyer - He was the focus of many Bacon paintings, including 'Triptych, May–June 1973,' which was completed after Dyer took his own life.
© Getty Images
22 / 31 Fotos
Sandra Bush - Mickalene Thomas is a contemporary artist. Believe it or not, her biggest inspiration is her late mother, Sandra Bush.
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23 / 31 Fotos
Sandra Bush - That's right, Mickalene's mother is the artist's biggest muse, even after she passed away. "[My mother] is her own person, and I can finally look at her outside of being her daughter," she told Artnet.
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Patti Smith - Patti Smith may be the only muse here who's more famous than who she inspired: Robert Mapplethorpe.
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25 / 31 Fotos
Patti Smith
- No disrespect to Mapplethorpe, he was a bold and forward-thinking photographer, who shot the cover of Patti Smith's iconic album 'Horses.'
© Getty Images
26 / 31 Fotos
Linda McCartney - Okay okay, so the focus is on visual artists, but Paul McCartney was a painter too! His first wife, Linda, inspired many of Paul's songs.
© Getty Images
27 / 31 Fotos
Linda McCartney - As a matter of fact, McCartney went on tell People magazine "Any love song I write is written for Linda." She unfortunately passed away in 1998.
© Getty Images
28 / 31 Fotos
John Lennon - If you didn't know, Yoko Ono has been an experimental artist decades, before she even met John Lennon.
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29 / 31 Fotos
John Lennon
- However, Lennon influenced many of Ono's work, like 'Cloud Piece' and 'War Is Over! (if you want it).' See also: These celebrities are often mistaken for each other
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Meet the muses of these world famous artists
Behind every artist is an amazing muse
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Behind every artist is an amazing muse. From Dalí to Picasso, many artists have been inspired by a little-known partner or acquaintance. Take a look through this gallery to meet the muses of world famous artists.
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