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
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