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Dora Maar
Sign in to saveAlso known as Théodora Markovic, Henrietta Théodora Markovic, Teodora Marković, Theodora Markovitch Maar, Henriette Theodora Markovitch, Dora Enriqueta Marcovich, Théodora Markovitch, Dora Markovic
French photographer and painter (1907–1997)
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Dora Maar, born Henriette Markovitch in 1907 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was a French photographer, painter, poet, and choreographer. She was associated with the surrealism movement and worked in Paris. Her education included studies at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, Académie Julian, and Les Arts décoratifs, where she was a student of André Lhote. Her native language was Spanish, and she also spoke French.
Maar was the unmarried partner of Pablo Picasso. Her works are held in collections at the Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, and Tate. She died in 1997 in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and was buried in Clamart.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Time overflows
- Dora Maar, œuvres anciennes
- Dora Maar (Hardback) /anglais
- Dora Maar
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Key facts
- Born
- Henriette Theodora Markovitch , 22 November 1907, Paris , France
- Died
- 16 July 1997 (1997-07-16) (aged 89), Paris, France
- Education
- School of photography , École des Beaux-Arts , Académie Julian
- Known for
- Photography, painting
- Movement
- Surrealism
- Partner
- Pablo Picasso (1935–1943)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- 4th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- etcher
- Educated at
- Les Arts décoratifs
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Spanish
- Student of
- André Lhote
- Field of work
- poetry
- Movement
- surrealism
- Work location
- Paris
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- date of birth
- 1907-11-22
- date of death
- 1997-07-16
- unmarried partner
- Pablo Picasso
- name in native language
- Henriette Markovitch
- has works in the collection
- Musée National d'Art Moderne
- Commons category
- Dora Maar
- work available at URL
- www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/feature/dora-maar/beruehmte-fotografinnen
- medical condition
- depression
- pseudonym
- Dora Maar
- birth name
- Henriette Théodora Markovitch
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Encyclopedic overview
Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. From 1935 to 1943, Maar was in a relationship with Pablo Picasso, and was depicted in a number of paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.
Her work ranged from commercial assignments in fashion and advertising to the documentation of social and economic struggles during the Depression. Maar was one of the few photographers to be included in exhibitions of Surrealist work in the 1930s in Paris, New York and London, alongside Man Ray and Salvador Dalí. Her photographs explored psychology, dreams, and inner states.
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