The dachshund, a humorous icon with political symbolism

Pablo Picasso was renowned for having numerous muses — mostly women with whom he also had harmful relationships. But there's at least one of these muses who was freed from toxic romantic entanglement: a cute dachshund called Lump. Before becoming his most famous canine model, Lump originally belonged to US photojournalist David Douglas Duncan. The dog and the photographer visited the painter at his villa in Cannes in 1967. According to Duncan, upon their first encounter, Lump jumped right onto Picasso's lap. He apparently "decided" to stay with the painter and they lived together for six years.