It is common for the way artists create paintings to change as the years go by, and Pablo Picasso was no exception, having several interesting periods, Although the so-called blue stage always attracts a lot of attention, or also known as the blue period.
This term is used because between the years 1901 to 1904 the color blue predominated in his paintings. His choice was not pure chance or simple taste, because let us remember that he is like that of sadness, nostalgia, even depression.
At the same time, it has its origin in the suicide of a great friend, Carlos Casagemas, who decided to take his own life on February 17, 1901. From then on, Picasso painted many works with cold tones, with main characters such as drunks, beggars and even prostitutes with slightly elongated features.
Best works of Picasso’s blue period
The beer (1901).Self-portrait (1901).Nude in blue (1902).The sweet tooth (1902).Prostitutes in the bar (1902.)The mistletoe seller (1902-1903).The soup (1902-1903). Naked woman (1902-1903) Portrait of Sebastián Juñer Vidal (1903). The tragedy (1903). The Soler family (1903). Girl in a shirt (1903). The hug (1903). Dawn in the Riera de Sant Joan ( 1903).Man and woman in a cafe (1903).Figures in the sea (1903).The ironer (1904).The couple (1904).
What Picasso said about the blue period
Not only the predominant color in his paintings has to do with the suicide of his friend, but also the expressions of the characters and the environment, he himself even spoke about it, with one of the not so well known:
In 1901 he was in Paris. I was passing through the blue period in my art. He used blue tones and represented scrawny characters with tragic expressions.