Picasso's Blue Period

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artistic period phase in an artist's career

Picasso's Blue Period was a melancholic phase in Pablo Picasso's early career (circa 1901–1904) characterized by predominantly blue tones and somber depictions of poverty, isolation, and human suffering.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Picasso's Blue Period canonical	16
Picasso's Blue Period works	2
Blue Period iconography	1
Pablo Picasso's Blue Period	1
Picasso works from Blue Period	1
Picasso's Blue Period oeuvre	1
Picasso's Blue Period portraits	1
Picasso's Rose Period	1
Picasso's Rose Period works	1
Picasso's childhood period in Málaga and A Coruña	1
Picasso's early academic period	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic period ⓘ phase in an artist's career ⓘ
artForm	drawing ⓘ painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ
artMovement	Post-Impressionism ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ
associatedWith	Pablo Picasso ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic example of early 20th-century expression of psychological suffering in art ⓘ
depicts	beggars ⓘ mothers and children ⓘ outcasts ⓘ prostitutes ⓘ the blind ⓘ the poor ⓘ
endTime	1904 ⓘ
followedBy	Picasso's Blue Period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Picasso's Rose Period
hasCharacteristic	melancholic mood ⓘ monochromatic palette ⓘ predominantly blue tones ⓘ somber atmosphere ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Picasso's later exploration of Cubism ⓘ development of Picasso's Rose Period ⓘ
hasStyle	elongated figures ⓘ emphasis on contour ⓘ limited color range ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ
hasTheme	death ⓘ despair ⓘ human suffering ⓘ isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ poverty ⓘ
influencedBy	Picasso's emotional state after the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas ⓘ
mainLocation	Barcelona ⓘ Paris ⓘ
notableWork	Blind Man's Meal ⓘ Crouching Beggar ⓘ Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) ⓘ La Celestina ⓘ La Soupe ⓘ La Vie ⓘ The Old Guitarist ⓘ Woman with Folded Arms ⓘ
precededBy	Picasso's early Barcelona period ⓘ
startTime	1901 ⓘ
timeInArtistCareer	early career of Pablo Picasso ⓘ
usesColor	blue ⓘ blue-gray ⓘ blue-green ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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The Old Guitarist → artisticMovement → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

The Old Guitarist → partOf → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's Blue Period works

The Old Guitarist → follows → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's Rose Period works

Blue Period → follows → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's early academic period

Picasso's Blue Period → followedBy → Picasso's Blue Period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's Rose Period

La Vie → artisticMovement → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

La Vie → partOf → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's Blue Period works

Fernande Olivier → influenced → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pablo Picasso's Blue Period

Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) → associatedWith → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Woman with Folded Arms → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Portrait of Soler → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Portrait of Soler → partOf → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's Blue Period portraits

Two Sisters (The Meeting) → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Two Sisters (The Meeting) → partOf → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's Blue Period oeuvre

Blind Man's Meal → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Crouching Beggar → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Seated Woman (The Absinthe Drinker) → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Seated Woman (The Absinthe Drinker) → associatedArtHistoricalConcept → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Period iconography

Picasso's early Barcelona period → precededBy → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso's childhood period in Málaga and A Coruña

Picasso's early Barcelona period → followedBy → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Picasso's early Barcelona period → relatedConcept → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

La Soupe → artisticPeriod → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Picasso's Rose Period → follows → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Picasso's Rose Period → precededBy → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Women Ironing (earlier version) → artHistoricalContext → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

Museum Berggruen → hasCollection → Picasso's Blue Period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picasso works from Blue Period