Blue Period
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Blue Period was a formative early phase in Pablo Picasso’s career, characterized by predominantly blue tones and somber, melancholic subjects reflecting themes of poverty and human suffering.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic period
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painting style ⓘ phase in Pablo Picasso's career ⓘ |
| artisticCharacteristic |
elongated figures
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emphasis on emotional expression over realism ⓘ flattened space ⓘ limited, cool color palette ⓘ |
| artMovement | Modern art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| endTime | 1904 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Rose Period ⓘ |
| follows |
Picasso's Blue Period
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surface form:
Picasso's early academic period
|
| genre | figurative painting ⓘ |
| hasColorDominance |
blue
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blue-gray ⓘ blue-green ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Blind Man's Meal
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Crouching Beggar ⓘ Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) ⓘ La Celestina ⓘ La Vie ⓘ Portrait of Soler ⓘ Seated Woman (The Absinthe Drinker) ⓘ The Old Guitarist ⓘ Two Sisters (The Meeting) ⓘ Woman with Folded Arms ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
blindness
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death ⓘ human suffering ⓘ isolation ⓘ marginalized people ⓘ melancholy ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century expressionist painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pablo Picasso's emotional state after the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas
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Post-Impressionism ⓘ Spanish realism traditions ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Barcelona
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Paris ⓘ |
| partOf | Pablo Picasso's early work ⓘ |
| significance | marked Picasso's first distinct, mature style ⓘ |
| startTime | 1901 ⓘ |
| typicalMood |
introspective
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melancholic ⓘ somber ⓘ |
| typicalSubject |
beggars
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mothers and children ⓘ prostitutes ⓘ the blind ⓘ the poor ⓘ |
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