Olga Khokhlova (June 17, 1891, Niezin, Ukraine – February 11, 1954, Cannes, France) was a dancer, but is better known for being married to Pablo Picasso with whom she had a son, Paulo. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ...

Olga wanted to be a ballerina from the time she visited France and saw Madame Shroessont perform. She became a member of the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev. Léon Bakst: Firebird, Ballerina, 1910 The Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and resident first in Paris and then in Monte Carlo. ... Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Сергей Павлович Дягилев) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929), often known as Serge, was a Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ...

On May 18, 1917 Olga danced in Parade, on its first night at the Théâtre du Châtelet - a ballet by Sergei Diaghilev, Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau. Pablo Picasso had designed the costumes and set for this ballet. Olga then left the group, which toured South America, to stay with Picasso at Barcelona. She was introduced to his family. His mother first had been alarmed by the idea that he should marry a foreigner, so he gave her a painting which showed Olga as a Spanish girl: Olga Khokhlova in Mantilla. Later Olga returned with Picasso to Paris, where they started to live together in the Rue La Boétie. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Сергей Павлович Дягилев) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929), often known as Serge, was a Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ... Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer and pianist. ... Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ...

Olga ended up marrying Picasso on June 18, 1918, in a russian orthodox church at the Rue Daru. Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob were witnesses to marriage. In July 1919, Picasso and Olga went to London for the performance of Le Tricorne, for which Picasso again had designed costumes and stage on Diaghilev's wish. The ballet was also performed at the Alhambra in Spain, and was a great success at the Paris Opera in 1919. They were happily married and often invited to parties and social events. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... In 1915, Max Jacob and Pablo Picasso Max Jacob (July 12, 1876 – March 5, 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... The Alhambra The Alhambra (Red Castle) (in Arabic الحمراء) is an ancient palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in southern Spain (known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed), occupying a hilly terrace on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada. ... Exterior of the Palais Garnier. ...

On February 4, 1921, Olga gave birth to a boy named Paulo (Paul). Since then their relationship deteriorated. After awhile, in 1935, Olga learned by a talk with a friend that her husband was the lover of Marie-Thérèse Walter, the nurse of Paulo, since 1927 already, and that Marie was pregnant now. Olga together with Paulo moved to the South of France immediately, and filed for divorce. Picasso didn't want to evenly split his property with her as requested by French law, so Olga stayed legally married with him until her death from cancer in Cannes, France, 1955. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marie-Thérèse Walter (born on July 13, 1909, in Le Perreux, France, died on October 20, 1977, in Juan-Le-Pins, France). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Paulo, who died on June 5, 1975, had been married to Emilienne Lotte. They had two children: Pablito (born on May 5, 1949 - committed suicide on July 2, 1973) and Marina (born on November 14, 1950). 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Literature

• Marina Picasso (co-author: Louis Valentin). My Grandfather. New York, 2001. ISBN 1-57322-191-0

External links

• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso/head_woman.jpg.html
• http://home.hccnet.nl/att.leurs/kbd119.html (dutch)