Throwback Thursday and Olga Khokhlova
Olga Khokhlova was born on June 17,
1891. She was inspired to become a
ballet dancer when she saw a performance featuring Madame Shoessont in France,
and she went on to study in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Ballet School.
She joined Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes,
performing in Parade in 1917 where Picasso
was in charge of the costumes and set design. Soon, Olga became his first muse,
and first wife. They married in the spring of 1917. She retired from dancing
soon after, possibly because of a chronic foot injury. A quote from ballerina
Alexandra Danilova states that Olga “was
nothing – nice, but nothing. We couldn’t discover what Picasso saw in her”.
In February of 1921, the couple had a
son, but their marriage soon began to disintegrate. Picasso had met another
woman, but didn’t want a divorce since it would have cost him half his
property. Therefore, Olga was officially married to Picasso until she died in February
1955 after a long illness.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #206:
“Ballet
Russes ballerina Olga Khokhlova was married to Picasso.”
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Quote of the Day:
“Only put
off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”
― Pablo Picasso
― Pablo Picasso
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