Olivier widmaier picasso biography books

Olivier Widmaier Picasso is one of Pablo Picasso's many grandchildren, as he is the son of Picasso's second child Maya, who was born to Marie-Thérèse Walter.

Despite his close connection to the 20th century's most influential artist he was only aware of his grandfather's passing on the day of his death on April 8, 1973. Olivier was a small child at that time, and although Pablo loved his children and grandchildren dearly he was too ill at the end of his life to be able to spend much time with them.

His mother had distanced himself from Pablo as well, which provided further space away from him.

Despite these distances from his children, grandchildren and former lovers Pablo was an immense and overshadowing presence on all of their lives, both while he was alive and in the immediate years after his death.

Olivier, in an effort to learn more about his famous grandfather and to address the rumors and misinformation about him that was publishe