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Lil Picard, born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick (October 4, 1899 – May 10, 1994), was a cabaret actress, artist, journalist and critic, born in Landau, Germany, who took part in several generations of counterculture and avant-garde art in Berlin and in New York City.
In 1926, she separated from Fritz Picard. Struggling with the skin condition shingles, her career in show business ended and Picard turned her attention to journalism. She wrote feuilleton for the Berliner Börsenkurier and worked as a fashion designer and model. In 1933, the year of Hitler's accession to power, she became fashion editor of Zeitschrift für Deutsche Konfektion, and a cultural reporter for the fashion and women's supplements of the Berliner Tageblatt, among other publications. She also worked as Art-correspondent for Kunstforum International and Die Welt.
In 1935, Picard married banker Hans Felix Jüdell. Due to the persecution of Jews and Hans' career pursuits, he changed his name to Henry Odell or O'Dell.
In the 1960s, Picard produced painting, collage and assemblages, and was known as a frequenter of Andy Warhol's The Factory. Her 1967 performance, "Construction-Destruction-Construction," at the Judson Church Gallery, was filmed by Andy Warhol. She also participated in feminist performance art with Carolee Schneemann and Yoko Ono. "Gotham Art and Theatre." Artnet.com In 1976 she appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's New York film Underground and Emigrants.
In New York, Lil Picard dated Alfred Jensen and Ad Reinhardt.
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