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Portraits of Wives, Mistresses and Muses

Paintings made as portraits of the women close to the artist, wives, partners and models who sat again and again for the work, treated through the colors and distortions of the modern movements. A work belongs here when the cited article names the sitter as a wife, mistress, muse or model. It excludes portraits of strangers and commissioned sitters. The group follows the sitter named in the cited article. The group follows the relation to the artist that the cited article names for the sitter, and not the style or date of the painting.

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Woman with a Hat - Wikipedia
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It depicts Matisse's wife, Amélie Matisse.
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Girl before a Mirror - Wikipedia
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The painting is a portrait of Picasso's mistress and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, who is depicted standing in front of a mirror looking at her reflection.
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The Weeping Woman - Wikipedia
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The paintings depict Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress and muse.
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