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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.
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 ...
Jul 19, 2022 · 1 Exploring Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. 1.1 Why Did Picasso Have a Blue Period? 2 Artworks of Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. 2.1 The Death of Casagemas (1901) 2.2 Evocation: The Burial of Casagemas (1901) 2.3 The Soup (1902) 2.4 La Vie (1903) 2.5 The Old Guitarist (1903) 2.6 The Tragedy (1903) 3 Frequently Asked Questions. 3.1 Why Did ...
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?
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.
Apr 13, 2022 · Jane Recker. Daily Correspondent. Over the past two decades, researchers have discovered hidden underpaintings in multiple works from Pablo Picasso ’s Blue Period. Most famously,...
Feb 4, 2022 · Spanning 1901-04, the Blue Period was characterised by monochromatic paintings of sombre scenes and was influenced by the suicide of Picasso’s close friend Carles Casagemas. A major...
