Friday, May 6, 2011

Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) II

                                                                                                               
Portrait of the Artist's Father
1896

Following in the wake of my last Picasso post (only his Rose Period), I've decided to continue onto his Blue Period. The period began, according to Picasso, with the death of his friend in 1901; "I started painting in blue when I learned of Casagemas's death." But I think that was a retroactive romanticization. Picasso's periods bled into each other as did his paints. The two works at the top and bottom of this post illustrate a pre-1901 proclivity towards blueness. And several of the paintings here presage his Rose Period. For me, there's something so inhuman about the lot of them, but especially his self-portrait. 

Self-Portrait
1901

Woman on the Stage
1901

The Gourmet
1901

Madonna with Garland
1904

Child with a Dove
1901

Still-Life with Flowers
1901

Pierrot and Dancer
1900 

6 comments:

  1. "Pierrot and Dancer" is exceptional!
    Rose period is more romantic for me.
    Blue period is cold!

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  2. Z, I think you're right that the Rose Period is more romantic, and I think he developed a better figurative structure in that period; but the coldness of the Blue Period is somehow a very attractive trait for me.

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  3. apology for the unintended plagiarism and the quotation marks added to my "quote" of your post-- terribly sorry once again and please let me know if there is anything more I can or should do...

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  4. muratiskender, that's fine. Thanks for changing it.

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