Maya Widmaier Picasso was born on September 5, 1935 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was married to Pierre Widmaier. She died on December 20, 2022 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Her birth name is an homage to the deceased younger sister of Pablo, Conchita. As a child, Maria pronounced her first name Maya and it became hers.
Her father Pablo Picasso's 1938 portrait of her - "Fillette au Bateau / "Girl in a Boat" - sold at auction for £18.1 million at Sotheby's auction house (March 2023). Maya, who was two and a half years old at the time, died at age 87 in December 2022.