Pablo Picasso
1866


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.

Photos

Olga Hohlova and Paolo
1920-s
Olga Hohlova
1920-s
Olga Hohlova
1920-s
Olga Hohlova
1920-s
Olga Hohlova
1920-s
Olga Hohlova and Sergey Dyagilev
1920-s
Olga Hohlova
1920-s
Olga
1920-s
Olga Hohlova, Paolo, Picasso
1932

Paintings

Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga in the Armchair, 1917
Portrait of Olga in the Armchair, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Olga Khokhlova in the Mantilla, 1917
Olga Khokhlova in the Mantilla, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1917
Portrait of Olga, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Pablo Picasso. OProfil d`Olga the bun, 1917
OProfil d`Olga the bun, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Portrait of Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga Khokhlova, 1918
Portrait of Olga Khokhlova, 1918
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1919
Portrait of Olga, 1919
Pablo Picasso. Woman standing leaning (Olga), 1919
Woman standing leaning (Olga), 1919
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of a woman (Olga), 1920
Portrait of a woman (Olga), 1920
Pablo Picasso. Olga sitting in a chair reading, 1920
Olga sitting in a chair reading, 1920
Pablo Picasso. Dancer sitting (Olga Picasso), 1920
Dancer sitting (Olga Picasso), 1920
Pablo Picasso. Olga sitting in a chair reading, 1920
Olga sitting in a chair reading, 1920
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1921
Portrait of Olga, 1921
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1921
Portrait of Olga, 1921
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1921
Portrait of Olga, 1921
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga Picasso, 1922 - 1923
Portrait of Olga Picasso, 1922 - 1923
Pablo Picasso. Woman in an armchair (Olga), 1922
Woman in an armchair (Olga), 1922
Pablo Picasso. Madame Olga Picasso, 1923
Madame Olga Picasso, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Olga Khokhlova, Picasso's First Wife, 1923
Olga Khokhlova, Picasso's First Wife, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of woman in d`hermine pass (Olga), 1923
Portrait of woman in d`hermine pass (Olga), 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of woman, 1923
Portrait of woman, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Olga sitting, 1923
Olga sitting, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Olga Picasso, 1923
Olga Picasso, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1923
Portrait of Olga, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1923
Portrait of Olga, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1923
Portrait of Olga, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Head of a Woman (Olga Kokhlova), 1935
Head of a Woman (Olga Kokhlova), 1935

Graphics

Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Portrait of Olga Khokhlova, 1917
Pablo Picasso. Olga Picasso lengthened on a sofa, 1918
Olga Picasso lengthened on a sofa, 1918
Pablo Picasso. Group of Dancers. Olga Kokhlova is Lying in the Foreground, 1919 - 1920
Group of Dancers. Olga Kokhlova is Lying in the Foreground, 1919 - 1920
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1919
Portrait of Olga, 1919
Pablo Picasso. Olga Writing, 1920
Olga Writing, 1920
Pablo Picasso. Reading woman (Olga), 1920
Reading woman (Olga), 1920
Pablo Picasso. Olga bedridden, 1921
Olga bedridden, 1921
Pablo Picasso. Olga in fur collar, 1923
Olga in fur collar, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1923
Portrait of Olga, 1923
Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Olga, 1923
Portrait of Olga, 1923