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Dora Maar
Henriette Theodora Markovitch, known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat. However, Maar said of the works: "All his portraits of me are lies. They're all Picassos. Not one is Dora Maar."
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- Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist.
- Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
- Historical novelist Louisa Treger joins Suzi in the Book Bag to discuss 'The Paris Muse' - a fictionalised account of the heady affair and compelling artistic collaboration between Dora Maar and Pablo Picasso.
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Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life by Brigitte Benkemoun, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®This book gives a satisfying treatment to a woman who has been confined for decades to a Cubist’s limited interpretation.” Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Merging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, tracesFinding Dora Maar : An Artist, an Address Book, a Life, Paperback by Benkemou... 9781606066591 | eBayFinding Dora Maar : An Artist, an Address Book, a Life, Paperback by Benkemoun, Brigitte; Gladding, Jody (TRN), ISBN 1606066595, ISBN-13 9781606066591, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "A found address book leads to discoveries about the private lifFinding Dora Maar | Getty Publications | The GettyFinding Dora Maar: An Artist, An Address Book, A Life, merges biography, memoir, and cultural history. A bestseller in France, this compelling book traces the life of Dora Maar (1907–1997) through a serendipitous encounter with the artist’s address book.Dora Maar With & Without Picasso: A BiographyISBN: 9780500510094 Artist(s): Dora Maar Author(s): Mary Ann Caws Format: hardback Year published: 2000 Publisher: <strong>Thames & Hudson</strong> Publisher Location: London Total Pages: 224 Illustrations: 228 Illustrations, 87 in colour
