Two of Picasso's lovers, Marie-Thérèse Walter and Jacqueline Roque (who became his wife) killed themselves. Marie-Thérèse hanged herself four years after his death. Roque shot herself in 1986, 13 years after Picasso died.
from Misfortunes of a Mistress – Marie-Thérèse Walter and “Le Reveâ€,
http://artmodel.wordpress.com/So what’s the big deal about Le Reve anyway? Well, here on Museworthy, the big deal is that the model for the painting was Picasso’s long-suffering mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. Picasso met the pretty young blond in 1927 at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris. She was 18 years old. Picasso was 45, and still married to his wife Olga Khokhlova. Immediately, Picasso became infatuated, and he and Marie-Thérèse began a secret affair. Soon, she would become arguably Picasso’s most famous muse.
Le Reve, or “The Dreamâ€, is said to have been painted in just one afternoon. With simplistic lines and brash colors, the painting is representative of how Picasso saw Marie-Thérèse; as an object of sex. Not an equal, not a life partner, not a wife, not even as a friend, but a plaything, a source of sexual arousal and gratification for the middle-aged artist. Picasso is hardly subtle about it either. Look closely at Marie-Thérèse’s face in the painting. What do you see there in the split at the top? Looks like a penis, right? Picasso’s penis! Classy touch there, Pablo. Ok, you’re horny for the girl. We get it! And notice that it’s she who’s doing the “dreamingâ€, apparently of Picasso and his member. Give me a break.
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