Olga Khokhlova

Olga Picasso
Khokhlova in Afternoon of a Faun, circa 1916
Born
Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova

(1891-06-17)17 June 1891
Died11 February 1955(1955-02-11) (aged 63)
Cannes, France
NationalityRussian
OccupationBallet dancer
Spouse
(m. 1918; sep. 1935)
Children
  • Paul (Paulo) Picasso
  • (b. 4 February 1921)
Relatives

Olga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; Russian: Ольга Степановна Хохлова; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a Russian ballet dancer in the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and based in Paris. There she met and married the artist Pablo Picasso, served as one of his early muses, and was the mother of their son, Paul (Paulo).

Olga Khokhlova in Picasso's Montrouge studio, spring 1918
Pablo Picasso, spring 1918, Portrait d'Olga dans un fauteuil (Olga in an Armchair), oil on canvas, 130 x 88.8 cm, Musée Picasso, Paris, France