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2. www.theartstory.org › artist › maar-doraDora Maar Photography, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory

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   Jul 16, 1997 · The talented Surrealist photographer Dora Maar is perhaps best known for her affair with Pablo Picasso.

   • Nationality: French
   • Birth Date: November 22, 1907

   • Place Of Birth: Tours, France
   • Death Date: July 16, 1997

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dora_MaarDora Maar - Wikipedia

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   Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist.

4. www.artnews.com › art-in-america › featuresDora Maar’s Surrealist Photography Eclipses Her Reputation as ...

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   Feb 11, 2020 · Dora Maar’s Surrealist Photography Eclipses Her Reputation as a Modernist Muse. Large-scale retrospective exhibitions at major venues generally serve to cement a leading artist’s place even...

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5. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-strangeThe Strange Surrealist Magic of Dora Maar | Smithsonian

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   Dec 5, 2022 · Selection of photographs by Dora Maar Courtesy of Artcurial. What adds meaning to the snapshot is its title, which references Alfred Jarry ’s 1896 Absurdist play, Ubu Roi. The drama’s main...

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     Artist Spotlight: Dora Maar || Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography

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     ‘A Portrait of Dora Maar at Her Beautiful and Noble Best’ | Pablo Picasso's 'Femme dans un fauteuil'

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7. www.tate.org.uk › art › artistsSeven Things to Know: Dora Maar | Tate

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   • She was a successful painter and photographer. Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch in 1907, the artist was raised between Argentina and France. Educated, well-travelled and supported by her family, Maar was able to pursue a career in the arts.
   • She challenged the idea of the 'modern woman' In 1931, she opened a photographic studio with set designer Pierre Kéfer under the name ‘Kéfer -Dora Maar’.
   • She was a street photographer. It is impossible to separate Maar’s work and career from the political times she lived through. Following the 1929 economic crisis, social conditions worsened in Europe and the US.
   • She influenced Picasso. In late 1935 or early 1936, Maar met Pablo Picasso. They became lovers soon afterwards. She was at the height of her career, while he was emerging from what he described as ‘the worst time of my life’.

8. www.moma.org › artists › 3656Dora Maar | MoMA

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   Picasso’s Head of a Woman No. 1, Portrait of Dora Maar, from 1939, depicts Maar with large, melancholy eyes and pursed lips, her lustrous black hair rendered in layers of azure, crimson, and mustard.

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   Who was Dora Maar?

   • Dora Maar was an artist who lived for almost all the twentieth century. Today, she is mainly known for being the muse for Picasso ’s Weeping Woman. However, Maar’s work was radical, political and innovative in its own right. She inspired photographers, the surrealists and Picasso himself. Explore seven things to know about this artist ... 1.

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   When did Dora Maar become a photographer?

   • In 1931, she opened a photographic studio with set designer Pierre Kéfer under the name ‘Kéfer -Dora Maar’. Specialising in portraits, nudes, fashion and advertising, the studio was hugely successful. During the 1930s, female photographers gained commissions that had historically been awarded to men.

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   What did Dora Maar do for a living?

   • In 1932, Maar established a photographic studio with art director and set designer Pierre Kéfer, and published commercial advertising and fashion studies under the name “Kéfer-Dora Maar.” She befriended Jacqueline Lamba, then the wife of André Breton, the leader of the Surrealist group, and artists like Man Ray, for whom she also modeled.

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   What happened to Dora Maar?

   • In the 1980s, Maar returned to photography. However, she was no longer interested in photographing life on the street. Instead, Maar was interested in what she could create in the darkroom and experimented with hundreds of photograms (camera-less photographs). Dora Maar died on July 16, 1997, at 89 years old.

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10. www.newyorker.com › culture › photo-boothThe Voraciousness and Oddity of Dora Maar’s Pictures

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    May 21, 2019 · Photograph by Dora Maar / Courtesy Centre Pompidou / RMN-GP. Maar’s early photomontages look almost as modish and styled as her fashion work. From a shell resting on sand, a dummy hand...