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Olga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; Russian: Ольга Степановна Хохлова; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a Russian ballet dancer in the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and based in Paris. There she met and married the artist Pablo Picasso, served as one of his early muses, and was the mother of their son, Paul (Paulo).
- Olga Khokhlova. 1917. Picasso and Olga Khokhlova met thanks to impresario Sergei Diaghilev. She was a dancer with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, while Picasso was a set and costume designer for the revolutionary ballet Parade.
- Olga Khokhlova in a mantilla. 1917. The ardent Spaniard was captivated by the beauty and refined manners of his Russian wife. He followed the ballet troupe on a tour of Spain, where he painted one of the most famous portraits of Khokhlova—in a traditional Spanish lace mantilla (Picasso actually used an ordinary tablecloth to imitate it).
- Portrait of Olga in an armchair. 1917. Diaghilev hinted to Picasso that it was customary to marry Russian women, and so the amorous Spaniard decided to do so.
- Portrait of Olga Khokhlova. 1918. There is always a touch of the personal in any Picasso canvas. The image of Olga became ever-present in the artist’s studio, and over their 17 years of life together, it took on many different forms, verging at times on the religious.
1918. Not on view. Olga Khokhlova, a dancer in Sergei Diaghilev’s company Ballets Russes, became Picasso’s principal model soon after they met in 1917. To prepare this portrait of his future wife, he created several drawings; he also worked from a photograph showing Olga in the same dress and pose, one reminiscent of Ingres’s Neoclassical ...
Sep 22, 2023 · Picasso finally split with Olga in 1935 while his young lover, Marie-Thérèse, was pregnant. Olga's marriage to Picasso features in episode one on BBC iPlayer. Pablo Picasso and Olga...
Olga and Pablo Picasso during their honeymoon. 1918 The first exhibition of works by Picasso , dedicated exclusively to Olga Khoklova , took place only in March 2017 at Paris’s Musée Picasso. And the visitors were extremely surprised when they saw a completely different Olga.
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Olga in an Armchair, 1917 by Picasso. Return to Picasso's Spanish roots is significant with this stunning figurative portrait of the Ballets Russes ballerina, Olga Koklova, soon to become his first wife.
May 28, 2020 · Olga Khokhlova. Pablo Picasso and Olga Khokhlova, c. 1918. "> A blue-blooded Russian ballet dancer, Olga Khokhlova met 36-year-old Picasso when he served as a costume and set...
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