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Blue Period of Pablo Picasso. Between 1901 and mid-1904, when blue was the predominant colour in his paintings, Picasso moved back and forth between Barcelona and Paris, taking material for his work from one place to the other.
Picasso’s paintings from late 1901 to about the middle of 1904, referred to as his Blue Period, depict themes of poverty, loneliness, and despair. In The Blind Man’s Meal ( 50.188 ) from 1903, he uses a dismal range of blues to sensitively render a lonely figure encumbered by his condition as he holds a crust of bread in one hand and ...
Dec 13, 2017 · Scholars have suggested that Picasso used these works to respond to another issue that dogged him during his youth: the maltreatment of the working class during the industrial revolution. In Picasso’s most celebrated painting from the Blue Period, however, he returns to the plight of the artist.
The Blue Period started either in Spain during the Spring of 1901, or perhaps in Paris later that same year. In February of 1901, Pablo Picasso was in the midst of a journey through Spain, and his close friend, Spanish art student and poet Carlos Casagemas was at L’Hippodrome Café in Paris.
The Blue and Pink Periods. Pablo Picasso, « La Lecture de la lettre », 1899-1900, 48 x 63 cm, Fusain, MP424, Musée national Picasso-Paris. RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris) / Mathieu Rabeau, © Succession Picasso 2020. What are the characteristics of these two periods?
Dec 2, 2022 · Contents. 1 Artist Abstract: Who Was Pablo Picasso? 2 Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period: Why Did Picasso Have a Blue Period? 2.1 The Impact of Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. 2.2 The Blue in Picasso’s Paintings. 3 Blue Picasso Paintings: The Most Famous Works from Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. 3.1 The Blue Room (1901)
Picasso's Blue Period, which lasted until 1904, is one of the classifications that hold together fairly well. He painted mostly in shades of blue; the mood of these paintings is melancholy, without the hint of satire of his earlier work. They are both stoic and a little sentimental.
