caption death_date children birth_date image article_title name
marie-thérèse rêve '' -lrb- `` the dream '' -rrb- , 1932 is . the model for picasso 's '' le 20 october 1977 maya widmaier-picasso born 1935 9 5 y 13 july 1909 le-reve-1932 . jpg marie-thérèse walter
 marie-thérèse walter
marie-thérèse walter

marie-thérèse walter -lrb- 13 july 1909 -- 20 october 1977 -rrb- was the french mistress and model of pablo picasso from 1927 to about 1935 , and the mother of his daughter , maya widmaier-picasso .
their relationship began when she was seventeen years old ; he was 45 and still living with his first wife , olga khokhlova .
it ended when picasso moved on to his next mistress , artist dora maar .
in picasso 's paintings , walter appears as blonde , sunny , and bright , as in `` le rêve '' -lrb- 1932 -rrb- , in contrast to his darker portrayal of dora maar , whom picasso painted as the tortured `` weeping woman '' .
