Weeping Woman by Picasso

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Weeping Woman by Picasso, is an iconic oil on canvas painting. It's one of the first and most extreme paintings which resulted from his explosive reaction to the rise of fascism at the time of the Spanish Civil War. He painted it in 1937 after his famous mural Guernica. 

It's an intensely personal image. The subject's features are modelled on Picasso's lover, Dora Maar. It is also intended as an emblem of the suffering of the Spanish nation, capturing a mood of moral anxiety that haunted those who witnessed the war from abroad. 

The painting was bought by Sir Roland Penrose shortly after it was finished and remained in private ownership. With our support, it was acquired by Tate Modern, London in 1987.