Olga Khokhlova
Picasso really believed her to be his love forever. The evidence was a marriage settlement where all his paintings were to be divided equally between them. Having settled in Paris Olga furnished the house in a glamorous and luxurious manner, in the high of fashion. They had a car with a driver, an art studio that occupied the entire second floor, highbred dogs; they threw receptions, dinner parties and social functions. Olga liked expensive clothes, caviar and champagne. Pablo also was not averse to ordering a suit at a high-end couturier. He had golden watch in a vest pocket. He was proud of his wife, of her manner to behave in a high society, of her unconventional beauty and fine demeanor, and humored her in her wish to live in grand style.
Portraits of that time
are easy to recognize. There are serious eyes and a perfectly straight nose. Restraint and tenseness as if she were still wearing that heavy cubic costume designed by Picasso for Diaghilev’s Parade ballet. Thirty-year-old Olga gave birth to their son Paulo, when her husband was forty. It was the happiest period of their family life. Pablo created a lot of sentimental portraits of Olga and little Paul dressed as a harlequin, in a round hat, sitting on a donkey.
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12 recent comments
30 June Francoise Lamouche wrote:
'Might not be of an artistic interest but Dinard is NOT near Fontainebleau! Picasso used to spend holidays on Dinard where he met Marie Therese Walter when she was 17'
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11 June YOUR from :l wrote:
'the goat is very realistic'
21 May Roberto Dantas Araújo from :l wrote:
'Onde se localiza atualmente este auto retrato de Picasso com 90 anos de 1972 realizado a
lápis de cera?'
21 May Steve Wirth from :l wrote:
'Is the patient really his sister? Look carefully. There are male features. I read somewhere the patient is the father of the child, both beggars which Picasso paid a tiny fee to model?'
20 May stephen andras from Texas wrote:
'I believe I might have come across an early oil painting by Picasso. It is oil painting signed P. Ruiz Picasso “98”
It is a painting on a church alongside a still body of water. Very realistic which was his style at that time - he would have been 17 years old. How could I find the location of this painting ?'
12 May Elva from Texas wrote:
'I really liked your article, but please, how do you know the month (April) and the age of little Raymonde (13 years). I have another year (10 years) do you have official documents.
Thank you for your answer.'
11 May lu from Texas wrote:
'Unlike the real thing, the color is too red.'
09 April kresa from Texas wrote:
'Sorry, isn't that an older portrait? are you sure about 1901?'
27 March Ralph from Somewhere in the USA wrote:
'He did a painting called Science and Charity. His father and sister Lola were his models. Lola was shown sick in bed. Pablo’s father posed as the doctor at her bedside. The painting was very realistic in style. It won a prize at an exhibit in Madrid. Pablo beat some of the best artists in Spain!'
16 March Adolph Blaine Charles from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery wrote:
'This is a wonderful artwork, highly enjoyable to decipher the meaning.
10/10'
11 March Tabisa Mbeki from Lusikisiki wrote:
'I am impressed with this painting, it grabbed my attention and I wish I can read more history about it.'
