Marie-Therese Walter. Marie-Thérèse Walter was a French model and lover of Pablo Picasso from 1927 to about 1935 and the mother of their daughter Maya Widmaier-Picasso.
Their relationship began when she was seventeen years old; he was 45 and married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. It ended after Picasso moved on to his next relationship, with artist Dora Maar.
Walter is known as Picasso's golden muse and inspired numerous artworks and sculptures that he created of her during their relationship. Marie-Thérèse Walter was born on 13 July 1909 in Le Perreux, France.
She was the illegitimate child of a French woman and a Swedish businessman. On 8 January 1927, Walter first met Picasso in front of the Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
At the time, she was living with her mother and sisters at Maisons-Alfort, a suburb southeast of Paris. Picasso approached her and said, You have an interesting face. I would like to do a portrait of you. I am Picasso. Walter was unfamiliar with his name but was flattered by the attention. The relationship began after Picasso invited Walter to visit his studio on 11 January 1927, which was situated on the floor above his apartment on Rue La Boétie. He studied her face and body and invited her to return the next day. The visits continued daily causing Walter to tell her mother that she had a job. She said, He told me that I had saved his life, but I had no idea what he mea
Their relationship began when she was seventeen years old; he was 45 and married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. It ended after Picasso moved on to his next relationship, with artist Dora Maar.
Walter is known as Picasso's golden muse and inspired numerous artworks and sculptures that he created of her during their relationship. Marie-Thérèse Walter was born on 13 July 1909 in Le Perreux, France.
She was the illegitimate child of a French woman and a Swedish businessman. On 8 January 1927, Walter first met Picasso in front of the Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
At the time, she was living with her mother and sisters at Maisons-Alfort, a suburb southeast of Paris. Picasso approached her and said, You have an interesting face. I would like to do a portrait of you. I am Picasso. Walter was unfamiliar with his name but was flattered by the attention. The relationship began after Picasso invited Walter to visit his studio on 11 January 1927, which was situated on the floor above his apartment on Rue La Boétie. He studied her face and body and invited her to return the next day. The visits continued daily causing Walter to tell her mother that she had a job. She said, He told me that I had saved his life, but I had no idea what he mea
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