My mother, Maya, was born on 5 September 1935, in Boulogne-Billancourt. Growing up with my brother, Richard, and sister, Diana, we discovered quite naturally, looking at the walls of our home, that Pablo Picasso was our grandfather. Photograph by Marie-Thérèse Walter © Maya Picasso collection. There was no picture, but an unemotional voice intoned: “The painter Pablo Picasso passed away this morning at his home on the Côte d’Azur. Picasso 1932 review – horror and beauty collide in Pablo's fastest, wildest year Read moreOn 20 October 1977 my mother woke me and told me that Marie-Thérèse, my grandmother, had died.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2018 13:52 UTC