Pablo Picasso’s grandson says artist’s lovers ‘knew’ about his behaviour

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet the artist’s grandson, Olivier Widmaier Picasso, has claimed these women knew what they were getting themselves into, and that some of his partners, including his grandmother, “enjoyed” the intensity of their relationships with him. “My grandfather had love stories with each woman and no one was forced to do anything,” Widmaier Picasso, Maya’s son, said. When Dora Maar is entering the life of Pablo Picasso, she knows that he is having a child, that he has a second life with Marie-Thérèse, and that she won’t remain number three forever.” open image in gallery Part of Picasso’s erotic, desire-filled painting Le Rêve of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter He added: “Exceptional people are not easy. “If there’s an artist who defines the 20th century, who represents it with all its cruelty, violence, passion, excesses and contradictions, this is undoubtedly Pablo Picasso,” said Spain’s culture and sports minister, Miquel Iceta.