Picasso: Life with Dora Maar: Love and War 1935-1945

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Dora Maar, famous for her relationship with Picasso, was a talented artist in her own right. She initially studied painting, but soon found a passion and gift for photography. This book sets the lives and work of these two artists within the context of major historical events of the time, bringing a legend to life, and allowing the reader unique access to two artistic minds.

Anne Baldassari is the world's preeminent Picasso scholar and curator at the Musee National Picasso in Paris. She is the author of several works and exhibition catalogs, including The Surrealist Picasso (Flammarion, 2005), Bacon-Picasso (Flammarion, 2005), Picasso and Portraiture, Picasso and Photography (Flammarion, 1997), Picasso Working on Paper, Brassai and Picasso, and the blockbuster Matisse Picasso.