Sue Roe is a biographer with a strong interest in the visual arts, and she has studied the work and life of Pablo Picasso for a long time. Her new book, Hidden Portraits, chronicles the lives of six of the most important women in Picasso’s life—Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque—many of whom had successful careers of their own. I recently spoke with Sue Roe about the book, and the deep dive she took into the lives of each of these women. Here’s our conversation.
Hidden Portraits: Six Women Who Shaped Picasso's Life by Sue Roe was published by W. W. Norton.
Suzanne Perez reviewed The Merge by Grace Walker, which was published by HarperCollins.
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