Dora Maar, was a French Surrealist photographer, painter, and poet. Maar was one of the few photographers to be included in important exhibitions of surrealist work in the 1930s in Paris, New York, London alongside Man Ray and Salvador Dali. Her daring techniques in the darkroom explore psychology, dreams and inner states.

Maar's political activism and photographic style influenced Pablo Picasso's work during the period of their romantic relationship. In particular, Picasso's anti-war painting Guernica.

Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat.

Lora made from contemporary photographs.