Hidden Portraits
eBook - ePub

Hidden Portraits

The untold stories of six women who loved Picasso

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eBook - ePub

Hidden Portraits

The untold stories of six women who loved Picasso

About this book

A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A compelling tale . . . Brilliantly insightful and well-written.' -
Times

Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Therese Walter, Dora Maar, Francoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque. These six extraordinary women shared Pablo Picasso's life and were instrumental in his career, yet they have long been dismissed as simply passive models or muses.

Hidden Portraits reveals that their lives were - without exception - remarkable. All six were unconventional, independent and talented. All six were tested, both by Picasso's subterfuges and betrayals, and the wider social turbulence they lived through. The extent to which each influenced Picasso's art in major new directions has never been fully acknowledged.

Sue Roe delves deeply into the truth of the women's experiences for the first time, to tell the story of Picasso's women from their point of view. Her enthralling book spans seventy years, from Bohemian early twentieth century Montmartre to the glittering Riviera in the 1920s, through Paris under Nazi occupation and beyond Picasso's final years of seclusion.

The result is a riveting, atmospheric read about six fascinating and charismatic women, outstanding in their own time, whose individual stories have up to now been glossed over or hidden from view.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780571386000

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. Introduction
  6. Fernande
  7. Olga
  8. Marie-Thérèse
  9. Dora
  10. Françoise
  11. Jacqueline
  12. Epilogue
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. Image Credits
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Plates
  18. About the Author
  19. By the Same Author
  20. Copyright

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