Apollinaire, Jacqueline
(1891–1967)
Apollinaire, JacquelineApollinaire, JacquelineJacqueline Apollinaire (B * THOLY 1891 – D † PARIS 1967) Born Amélia Emma Louise Kolb, she married poet Guillaume Apollinaire on 2 May 1918. Pablo Picasso and Ambroise Vollard (1868 – 1939) were the witnesses at the wedding. Known also as »Ruby« and »Jacqueline,« she nursed Apollinaire while he was hospitalized for pulmonary congestion in January 1918, though they had probably met as early as 1914. She is the »jolie rousse« (pretty redhead)…