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Dora Maar

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The Resume

    (November 22, 1907-July 16, 1997)
    Born in Tours, France
    Birth name was Henrietta Theodora Markovitch
    Photographer, painter and poet
    Model, lover and muse for Pablo Picasso

Why she might be annoying:

    Picasso was reportedly attracted by her bloody fingers after she cut herself playing the knife game (aka five-finger fillet).
    Her relationship with Picasso overshadowed her own work.
    She wrestled over Picasso with his other mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, in his studio.
    She persuaded Picasso to join the French Communist Party (1944).
    After Picasso broke off their relationship, she became increasingly depressed and reclusive.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She had made a name for herself in the surrealist movement as a photographer before meeting Picasso.
    She studied photography with Man Ray.
    She took a series of photos documenting Picasso's creation of the painting 'Guernica' (1937).
    Picasso's painting 'Dora Maar with Cat' sold at auction for $95 million (2006).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 189 Votes: 66.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 65 Votes: 70.77% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 64.81% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying