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“Dora Maar – Intérieur Provençal” by Brenda Chamberlain (Welsh) - Oil on canvas / 1952 - Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Swansea, Wales) #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #art #WomensArt #DoraMaar #FemaleArtist #ArtText #BrendaChamberlain #artwork #GlynnVivianArtGallery #WomenPaintingWomen #PortraitofaWoman
Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch, French photographer and painter Dora Maar has often been overshadowed by her former lover — Pablo Picasso. Maar was at the centre of the Surrealist movement and exhibited work alongside many leading male artists. Her documentary and commercial photographic practice later evolved into experimental, provocative and surreal painting and photocollage. Like her fellow Surrealists, Maar's work explored psychology, dreams, and the subconscious. After Picasso entered her life in 1936, her artistic production moved away from photomontage and towards painting. It has been noted that Maar's artistic production slowed down after entering into a relationship with Picasso as he dissuaded her from taking photographs, potentially because he was threatened by her talent. Maar was depicted in multiple paintings by different artists including Picasso's famous 1937 Cubist portrait “Weeping Woman.” In hindsight, it appears to be a reflection of the turbulent and abusive relationship between Maar and Picasso, which ended after nine years. Maar later described that period as the “worst time of my life” and experienced depression and a mental decline in the years following the breakup. After their separation, Maar would declare: “All (Picasso's) portraits of me are lies... not one is Dora Maar.” Around the same time that Maar slipped into obscurity following her split from Picasso, she abandoned her artistic pursuits. In 1952, Welsh artist Brenda Chamberlain completed this portrait of Maar. Painted when Maar had become a recluse, Chamberlain's portrait perhaps captures her solitary life. Sitting in an elaborate reddish-brown chair, with a high, curved back and ornate, swirling armrests, she appears as a pensive woman in a white short-sleeved dress, with a plate of dark purple eggplants resting on a pink-ish table beside her, creating a still-life portrait imbued with a contemplative atmosphere.
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Shards - was my fathers exhibition of paintings, drawings and poetry in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea 1993. This is from the catalogue.
Alan Perry 2024 ©️
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April 3, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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Shards - was my fathers exhibition of paintings, drawings and poetry in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea between 4th Sept and the 17th Oct 1993. This is from the catalogue.
Alan Perry 2024 ©️
#glynnvivianartgallery #Welsh #swansea #pastel #shards #daytrippers #1993 @alan_perry_swansea
April 3, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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Shards - was my fathers exhibition of paintings, drawings and poetry in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea 1993. This is from the catalogue.
Alan Perry 2024 ©️
#Artist #exhibition #glynnvivianartgallery #Welsh #swansea #contemporary #pastel #shards #daytrippers #1993 @alan_perry_swansea
April 3, 2024 at 2:52 PM