Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
Maya Ruiz Picasso Walter, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87. Born María de la Concepción Picasso in 1935, she was the daughter of the Spanish artist and Marie-Thérèse Walter, with whom Picasso had a relationship between 1927 and 1935.
Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
Maya was the protagonist of many of her father’s cubist paintings, such as «Maya with doll» or «Maya in sailor’s costume».
Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
Picasso’s works with Maya as the protagonist are currently the focus of an exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris, which explores the paternal-filial relationship between the two and how the birth of their eldest daughter increased the artist’s interest in the theme of childhood.
Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
There have been many faces of the Spanish cultural scene who have wanted to say goodbye to her. «Rest in peace,» shared the Minister of Culture and Sport, Miquel Iceta, through social networks when he heard the news.
Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
Born in the French town of Boulogne-Billancourt in 1935, Maya Ruiz Picasso was the second daughter of the Malaga painter and dedicated a large part of her professional career to promoting her father’s legacy.
Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
More than five years ago, the Spanish Government granted Spanish nationality to Ruiz Picasso, just three days before the presentation of the exhibition »Pity and terror in Picasso: the road to Guernica», which was held at the Reina Sofia Museum to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the creation of this painting. «While Picasso painted Guernica, this little girl, now not so little, who has been granted Spanish nationality, was playing with her father’s brushes,» said the then minister, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo.
Maya Ruiz Picasso, daughter of the painter Pablo Picasso, has died at the age of 87
The death of Maya Ruiz Picasso takes place at the beginning of the Picasso year, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the artist from Malaga.
