
The story behind the painting
Dora Maar as 'The Weeping Woman' Dora Maar is well known for her role as Picasso's lover, subject, and muse. As such, he painted many portraits of her. In the majority of these paintings, Dora Maar was represented as a tortured, anguished woman. ‘The Weeping Woman’ was very much inspired by the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War, and Picasso thought of Dora Maar as a living depiction of the pain and suffering that people experienced during this time. Dora, however, failed to

April 2021 Newsletter
FREEDOM IS IN SIGHT! With lockdown easing from the 12th April, I’m delighted to say galleries across the land will also be opening. Cloud Gallery (Brighton, Worthing and Chichester) have a sister gallery opening in Manchester called Pulse Fine Art http://www.pulsefineart.co.uk/ All the best, Andrew and Damian, in your new venture! I’m sure it will be a tremendous success. The VICE media documentary https://video.vice.com/en_uk/video/the-uks-greatest-art-forgers-reveal-their-s