The Making of Guernica

Dora Maar, Photos of  Pablo Picasso’s Guernica in progress

Executed in between May 4 and June 10, 1937, in Picasso’s Left Bank studio on the Rue des Grands Augustins. Picasso’s progress on the painting was documented by his then-lover, artist and photographer Dora Maar. Maar was a formidable talent in her own right and deserved of much more attention. Muse certainly but also independent artist, painter, poet and photographer (she once shared a studio with Brassai) who documented much of the era as well as exploring her own deep creativity.

Dora Maar in her studio 1946 by Brassai

Dora Maar in her studio with her portrait of Gertrude Stein's partner Alice B Toklas

 

Dora Maar portrait by Man Ray