Marie-Thérèse Walter was a French choreographer, born in 1909 in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, who died in 1977.
Biography
Marie-Thérèse Walter (13 July 1909 – 20 October 1977) was a French model and lover of Pablo Picasso, with whom she had a daughter, Maya Widmaier-Picasso.
Walter is known as Picasso's "golden muse." She inspired numerous artworks and sculptures that he created of her during their relationship, which began when she was 17 years old and Picasso was 45 and married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. It ended after Picasso moved on to his next relationship with artist Dora Maar.
Contemporaries
Irina Grjebine
Russian ballet dancer
David Lichine
ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1972)
Dora Maar
French photographer and painter (1907–1997)
Jean Françaix
French composer and pianist (1912–1997)
Lycette Darsonval
French dancer (1912–1996)
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
Eugène Bozza
French composer (1905–1991)
Pierre Sancan
French musician (1916–2008)
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