Les Baigneuses (1854)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Les Baigneuses (Bathers) 1854 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 79.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford At the height of his career, Eugène Delacroix was challenged by a patron in 1854 to paint a scene of female bathers in a forest…

Les femmes d’Alger, d’après Delacroix (1954)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Les femmes d’Alger, d’après Delacroix (The Women of Algiers, after Delacroix) 1954 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 72.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Between December 1954 and February 1955, Picasso painted fifteen canvases inspired by Eugène Delacroix‘s famous painting of…

Le peintre (1934)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le peintre (The Painter) 1934 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 80.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Picasso depicts himself standing before his model, Marie Thérèse Walter, object of his passion and persistent subject in his work for nearly…

Maya à la poupée (1938)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Maya à la poupée (Maya with her doll) 1938 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 60 cm Musée Picasso, Paris See also: • Widmaier-Picasso, Maya (1935-2022)

Maya Widmaier-Picasso

(1935–2022) María de la Concepción “Maya” Widmaier-Picasso Maya in Art: Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Maya à la poupée 1938 Musée Picasso, Paris   Born September 5 1935 Boulogne-Billancourt (France) Died December 20 2022 Paris (France) Father Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Mother Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-1977) Occupation Art…