Gary Cooper’s Presents Sent To Pablo Picasso – 1958
Pablo Picasso was primarily an artist, but he was also something of a social butterfly, maintaining a lofty friend group made up of international icons. He would happily welcome all manner of equally famous and colorful icons like Andre Salmon and Gertrude Stein, both Parisians for some time. Gary Cooper was another cozy chum of Picasso’s, who once gifted him a cowboy hat and revolver. Their relationship was so close that Cooper’s family were jollily hosted in Picasso’s Vallauris ceramics workshop in the ‘50s.
Gary Coopers Presents Sent To Pablo Picasso
The HMS Rodney’s Own Popeye
You might be wondering if this stoker aboard the HMS Rodney was the inspiration for Popeye the Sailor Man, or if it is the other way round! The latter is correct, as Popeye’s creator, E. C. Segar, was inspired by a gentleman in his hometown. Amazingly, the navy serviceman pictured went by the nickname Popeye! There is no correlation, sadly, as the HMS Rodney sailed for England’s navy whereas Segar was American. Still, it is a hilarious coincidence!
The HMS Rodneys Own Popeye
