Dora maar cause of death

Michel Rutten 25 August min Read. Art History Artist Stories. The name Dora Maar reminds most people of Pablo Picasso.

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But apart from being his muse and lover, she was first and foremost an ambitious and progressive artist. Before they had even met, she was already known as a Surrealist photographer and stood up for the left-wing ideals of the s. Picasso painted her as a Weeping Woman , but as you will read, she was much more than that! Dora Maar was destined to make a name for herself in the Surrealist art circles.

Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch, the daughter of a French mother and a Croatian-born father, she met those who would found Surrealism during her studies.

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The building still exists next to a beautiful wooden gate, however, it currently accommodates a sushi bar. The bottle lies on its side, but instead of oil, out spills a tangle of long, wavy locks of hair. In , Maar visited Barcelona and the year afterwards London , where she photographed the effects of the economic depression following the Wall Street Crash of in the United States.

Being a woman of rich descent, she was quite shocked when she saw the miserable living conditions of people and the approach of fascism. It was these experiences that triggered her involvement in left-wing politics at that time. She became politically active at this point in her life when she was still only 25 years old.

This inspired Maar to start experiencing with surrealistic photomontages. This technique is often used as a means of expressing political dissent: It was first used by the Dadaists in in their protests against World War I.