Tag Archives: Dora Maar

Picasso signature plays key role in deciding whether 36 paintings are fake

Four leading experts will examine Pablo Picasso’s signature to determine whether previously unknown works are genuine prints and paintings by the artist or simply daring forgeries. A judge in Rome has appointed experts to rule in a sensational case in which an Italian businessman living in Britain claims ownership of a long-lost collection of 36… Read More »

Rare photos of Dora Maar shed new light on Picasso’s tormented muse

Dora Maar is best known as Pablo Picasso’s “weeping woman,” his grief-stricken lover who inspired him to paint her in tears many times. Now a gallery in London is trying to re-establish him as a pioneering surrealist artist with an exhibition of photographs recently discovered at his mansion. The exhibition, which will open at the… Read More »