Pablo Picasso had many relationships and marriages over his long career as an artist. Some of his most significant relationships included: - Fernande Olivier (1904-1912), his first long term partner who was the subject of many portraits. - Eva Gouel (1912-1915) who inspired paintings with the words "I love Eva". - Olga Khokhlova (1917-1927), his first wife and mother of his son Paulo. - Marie-Thérèse Walter (1927-1936) who inspired etchings and had a daughter Maya with Picasso. - Dora Maar (1936-1944), who documented Picasso's painting

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Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)

4. Pablo Picasso was probably the most important
figure of 20th century, in terms of art, and art
movements that occurred over this period.
Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had
become the most well known name in modern art,
with the most distinct style and eye for artistic
creation
Although his art career spanned over a 7 decade
period, Pablo Picasso is most known for his
introduction of cubism, and modern approach to
painting, which set forth the movements to follow
in to the twentieth century

7. …

8. 1904 – 1936
Fernande Olivier (1881-1966) - 7 years
(1904-1912)
Marcelle Humbert (1885-1915) 3- years
known as Eva Gouel (1912-1915)
Olga Khokhlova (1891-1955), first wife,
10 years (1917-1927)
Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-1977)
9 years (1927-1936)

9. 1936 – 1973
Dora Maar (1907-1997) – 8 years
(1936-1944)
Françoise Gilot - born 1921 – 8 years-
(1943-1951)
Geneviève Laporte - born 1927 – 2 years -
(1951-1953)
Jacqueline Roque (1926-1986),
Second wife - 20 years
(1953-1973)

11. Fernande Olivier
(1881-1966)
(1904-1912)

12. 1904-1912
Artist model Fernande Olivier (1881-1966)
was Picasso's first long term
relation Picasso met her after settling in
Paris in 1904. Although Fernande was
married, she stayed with Picasso for 7
years.
Fernande's having published selections
from "Loving Picasso". the memoirs of her
life with Picasso. The full memoir was not
published until 1988.
In early 2004 the National Gallery in
Washington, D.C. had an exhibition of 60
portraits of Fernande that Picasso painted
in a few months of 1909.

13. "Fernande à la mantille noire", 1905-1906 "portrait de Fernande Olivier", 1905-1906

14. 1906

15. portrait de Fernande Olivier, 1906

20. Colors, like features,
follow the changes of
the emotions.
Pablo Picasso

21. Marcelle Humbert,
known as Eva Gouel
(1885-1915)
(1912-1915)

22. Fernande left Picasso in 1912, months after
Picasso took an interest in Marcelle Humbert,
known as Eva Gouel (1885-1915).
Picasso was devastated by her early death
due to tuberculosis or cancer in 1915.
Picasso professed his love to Eva by
painting "I Love Eva" in some of his
paintings.

24. Etude "Femme en Chemise dans un fauteuil" 1913.

25. «Ma Jolie». Le mot désigne Eva Gouel, la compagne de Picasso à
l’époque. 1914

26. "I love Eva"

30. - Pablo Picasso

31. Olga Khokhlova
(1891-1955)
(1917-1927)
1923

32. In 1917 ballerina Olga Khokhlova (1891-1955)
met Picasso while the artist was designing the
ballet "Parade" in Rome, to be performed by
the Ballet Russe.
They married in the Russian Orthodox church
in Paris in 1918 and lived a life of conflict. She
was of high society and enjoyed formal events
while Picasso was more bohemian in his
interests and pursuits.
Their son Paulo (Paul) was born in 1921 (and
died in 1975), influencing Picasso's imagery to
turn to mother and child themes. Paul's three
children are Pablito (1949-1973), Marina (born
in 1951), and Bernard (1959).

35. Portrait d'Olga, 1921

37. Olga and Paulo

38. Olga avec une mantille, 1917

44. Marie-Thérèse Walter
(1909-1977)
(1927-1936)

45. In 1927 Picasso met Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-
1977), a 17 year old who Picasso then lived with in a
flat across the street from his marital home (while
still married to Olga).
Marie-Thérèse and Picasso had a daughter, Maya
on 1935.
Picasso's relation with Marie was kept from Olga
until Olga was told of Marie's pregnancy.
Marie understandably became jealous when
Picasso started to fall in love with Dora Maar in
1936, a year after Maya was born.
It was Marie-Thérèse who was the inspiration for
many of Picasso's famous etchings.
Marie-Thérèse died by hanging herself in 1977.
Maya's son, Olivier Widmaier wrote "Picasso: The
Real Family Story" about his artist grandfather, in
2004

47. "Femme assise près d'une fenêtre, portrait de Marie-Thérèse Walter",1932

55. Dora Maar
(1907-1997)
(1936-1944)
.

56. In 1936 54-year old Picasso met Yugoslavian
Dora Maar (1907 -1997), the photographer who
documented Picasso's painting of Guernica,
the 1937 painting of Picasso's depiction of the
German's having bombed the Basque city of
Guernica, Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
She became Picasso's constant companion
and lover from 1936 through April, 1944. Maar
went back to painting and exhibited in Paris
soon after Picasso left her for Françoise.
Picasso referred to Dora as his "private
muse".

57. Dora Maar au chat

58. Femme qui pleure, 1937

59. Femme assise dans un jardin, 1938

61. "Portrait de Dora Maar" (1937)

63. Portrait de Dora Maar, 1937

69. Françoise Gilot
(1943-1951)

70. In 1943 Picasso (age 62) then kept
company with young art student
Françoise Gilot (born in 1921).
Their two children were Claude
(1947) and Paloma (1949).
Gilot, frustrated with Picasso's
relationships with other woman and
his abusive nature left him in 1953.
Gilot's book "Life with Picasso"
was published 11 years after their
separation.

74. "Françoise lisant"

79. Geneviève Laporte
(1927-2012)
(1951-1953)
.

80. In 1944 17-year old Genevieve Laporte (born in
1927) interviewed Picasso for a school
newspaper.
Years later in May,1951 Picasso began an affair
with the then-24 year old.
The relationship started when Laporte visited
the 70-year old Picasso at his studio while he
was still living with Françoise Gilot.
That summer of 1951 Picasso took Laporte to
St Tropez, leaving Françoise behind. After
declining Picasso's invitation to move in with
him in St. Tropez, she left him in 1953 at the
same time that Françoise left the artist.
In 1972 she went public with the affair and
stored the art that Picasso created of her in a
safe. In 2005, at age 79, the poet Laporte
auctioned 20 drawings of her that Picasso
created during their secret affair. Picasso's
time with Laporte has been referred to as
Picasso's "tender period".

87. Jacqueline Roque
(1926 -1986)
(1953-1973)
.

88. Dejected and alone, in 1953 Picasso met Jacqueline
Roque (1926 -1986) at the Madoura Pottery where
Picasso created his ceramics.
In 1961 (when Picasso was 79) she became his
second wife.
Picasso created more works of art based on
Jacqueline than any of his other loves.
in one year painting over 70 portraits of her.
When Picasso died on April 8, 1973, Jacqueline, who
had been with Picasso for 20 years, prevented
Picasso's children Claude and Paloma from
attending his funeral.
Jacqueline died from shooting herself in 1986.

90. "Matador et femme" (Jacqueline Roque)

91. "Jacqueline à la fleur" (1954)

99. "jacqueline dans l'atelier" (1956)

101. 1955

103. Femme dans un fauteuil (Jacqueline Roque Picasso) 1960

105. portrait double de Jacqueline Roque

108. Sources:
1. Israel Herzl Works
2. Las mujeres de Picasso Presentation –
author unknown
3. The Women of Picasso –
preapered by Saper Galleries