In which museum is Picasso's 1937 'Portrait of Dora Maar' housed?
Answer
Musée Picasso, Paris
Answer
Musée Picasso, Paris
Picasso’s 1937 Portrait of Dora Maar is housed at the Musée Picasso in Paris.
The painting is an oil-on-canvas portrait made on 1 November 1937, during Picasso’s intense relationship with Dora Maar. Maar was a photographer, artist, and intellectual who became one of his major models and companions. Picasso depicted her repeatedly in the late 1930s, exploring her features through fractured planes, vivid colors, and shifting viewpoints.
The year 1937 is especially important in Picasso’s career. He was working through the trauma of the Spanish Civil War and created Guernica for the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris International Exposition. Maar photographed stages of Guernica’s development, making her both a participant in Picasso’s artistic circle and an important visual chronicler of the work.
A common mix-up is to confuse this portrait with Guernica, which is housed at Madrid’s Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. The named portrait belongs to the Musée national Picasso-Paris collection, in the Hôtel Salé.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026