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Man Ray, Portrait of Dora Maar with little hands (1936)

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Man Ray, Portrait of Dora Maar with little hands (1936)

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Dora Maar was a French photographer and artist born in Tours, France in November 22nd, 1907. She spent the majority of her childhood in Argentina with her father and described her childhood being a lonely time in her life. She could speak both French and Spanish fluently. Studying at the École de Photographie de la Ville de Paris, she had abandoned painting for photography.

She had become a part of the café lifestyle, attracting many Parisian avant-garde artists for her beauty. At this time, she shortened her name from Henrietta Theodora Markovitch to Dora Maar.

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Dora Maar photographed by Man Ray in 1936.

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Dora Maar photographed by Man Ray in 1936.

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Dora Maar depicted nudes for erotic publications. She also posed for artists such as Man Ray as we see in the photo above. Later, Picasso would see a photograph of her in Man Ray’s studio and become interested.

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Dora Maar was a still photographer on the set for the film 'Le Crime de Monsieur Lange' by Jean Renoir (1936)

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Around 1936, Picasso and Maar met, where they soon became lovers afterwards. While Maar was in the prime of her career, Picasso was in a slump as he'd describe "the worst time in my life". This however was a pivital time in Maar's life where she was able to document the creation of Picasso’s most political work, Guernica 1937. She also taught him the the cliché verre technique- combining printmaking and photography.

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Picasso photographed by Dora Maar, 1937.

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Picasso photographed by Dora Maar, 1937.

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Maar was a well known documenter of the lives of fellow artists. She famously photographed Picasso whilst he completed the noteworthy large scale painting Guernica in 1937.

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Maar was Picasso's muse, however, in this painting specifically, Dora Maar felt this wasn't particularly a painting of her- but rather a metaphor for the tragedy of the Spanish people.

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This was one of Dora Maar's works featuring Picasso's two lovers at the time, her and Marie-Thérèse Walter where there seems to be an uncomfortable conversation between the two being held. They often competed for Picasso's affection.

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The 1940's brought on a series of traumas for Dora Maar. Her mother suddenly died, her father left Paris for Argentina and her relationship with Picasso came to a halt. Maar was included in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the rest of her life where her abstract landscapes gained many positive reviews. She died on July 16, 1997, at 89 years old.

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“My relations with the rest of the world for the rest of my life do not depend on the fact that I was once acquainted with Picasso”  - Dora Maar

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“My relations with the rest of the world for the rest of my life do not depend on the fact that I was once acquainted with Picasso”  - Dora Maar