Christine Ruiz-Picasso, daughter-in-law of the artist and architect of the Museum of Malaga, dies at 97 | Culture | EUROtoday

Christine Ruiz-Picasso, daughter-in-law of the Malaga artist and nice architect, alongside together with her son Bernard, of the creation of the Picasso Museum in Malaga, has died on the age of 97 in her dwelling in Provence (France), based on sources from the artwork gallery.

She was the widow of Paul Ruiz-Picasso, the eldest son of Pablo Picasso and Olga Khokhlova. Christine promoted the Picasso Museum in Malaga by donating or lending the majority of the 204 works that made up the everlasting assortment of the artwork gallery when it was inaugurated by King Juan Carlos and Sofía on October 27, 2003, and which presently receives 800,000 guests a yr.

Christine, who was honorary president of the museum, then described it as “a love story” that she devoted “to the memory” of her husband, Paul. The opening represented the end result “of a long process that had come to an end thanks to the meeting of the private with the public”, in reference to the collaboration with the Government of Andalusia to materialize the undertaking.

On the eve of the inauguration, Picasso’s daughter-in-law recalled her first journey to Malaga, in 1954, with Paul, with the goal of fulfilling the artist’s want to have works in his hometown, though at the moment “what was planned was not possible for political reasons.” “He suffered a lot from the fact that the dictatorship prevented his works from returning and he lived very marked by it,” Christine revealed in reference to Pablo Picasso.

The painter’s return to his metropolis started to take form in 1992, after they had been exhibited on the Episcopal Palace of Malaga—within the exhibition Classic Picasso— among the works that will later type a part of the Museum’s assortment. Christine was “enthusiastic” with the “fervor” of the folks of Malaga, which made her “remember that first trip and the need to fulfill the wish” of her father-in-law.

Christine Ruiz-Picasso obtained the Grand Cross of Alfonso