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Dora Maar
French artist and partner of Pablo Picasso (1907–1997)
Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet.[2]
Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist.[3]
Her revolutionary work ranged from commercial assignments in mode and advertising to documenting social and economic struggles during the Depression, and explored evocative Surrealist themes.[4] Maar was one of the few photographers to be included in important exhibitions of surrealist work in the 1930s in Paris, New York and London, alongside Man Ray and Salvador Dalí.[4][5] Her daring techniques in the darkroom explore psychology, dreams and inner states.[5]
Maar's political activism and photographic style is widely acknowledged to have influenced Pablo Picasso's work during the period of their romantic relationship. In particular, Maar'
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Dora Maar: Picasso's lover comes out from his shadow
Arts correspondent, BBC News
Dora Maar lived to be almost 90 yet, despite being a gifted artist in her own right, her reputation has rested mainly on her romantic relationship with Pablo Picasso. Now a new exhibition is aiming to bring Maar out of Picasso's shadow.
He was a hugely celebrated painter but before they met in 1935 she was already known in France for her photographic work. The Tate Modern exhibition sheds light on Maar's life and on her sometimes neglected work.
In 1935 Maar (born Henriette Théodora Markovitch) was unit stills photographer on a film being shot at the Billancourt Studios on the outskirts of Paris. She was introduced to Picasso, 26 years her senior and already a world-famous artist.
Maar became his lover and - some have thought - the most influential of his muses. For the next eight years they were part of one another's lives - although Picas
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10 Things to Know About Dora Maar
Dora Maar is often shrouded by Picasso’s monumental shadow, ardently depicted in his paintings, she became reductively known as his lover, muse and the infamous Weeping Woman. However, unbeknownst to many, Dora Maar is an artist in her own right. Both a painter and a photographer, Maar is unparalleled in her beauty, talent and intelligence. In celebration of the Centre Pompidou’s major retrospective of the artist (5th June – 29th July 2019), Artsper brings you 10 facts about the fascinating Dora Maar.
#1 She was a successful photographer
Dora Maar initially trained as a painter in André Lothe’s studio, before turning to photography in the early 1930s. Under the influence of Man Ray, her work was frequently compared to his, once again depicting the artist’s struggle to be recognised separately from the male figures in her life. Her photography only began to be recognised in the late 80s, where her unusual and fascinating t