Dora Maar

(1907 - 1997)

Henriette Theodora Markovitch , known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Her revolutionary work ranged from commercial assignments in fashion and advertising to documenting social and economic struggles during the Depression, and explored evocative Surrealist themes.