©Pablo Picasso paintings by 1900-1902

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The earliest works of Picasso’s Blue period were triggered by the suicide of his close friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901. The melancholy that engulfed Picasso after this tragic event was further heightened by the occasional feelings of insecurity and loneliness that accompanied the young émigré during his first years in Paris and his visits to friends in Barcelona. Financially insecure and a relative unknown within the art world at this point, Picasso nevertheless did not waiver in his creativity. While in Paris, he immersed himself in Bohemian culture and intermingled with the more flamboyant characters of the demi-monde, including prostitutes, cabaret and circus performers, beggars and madmen. And on his visits to Barcelona, he reunited with his old friends from Els Quatre Gats, who considered themselves “neurotic dilettanti” and encouraged young Picasso’s moody and introspective approach to his art. The blue, absinthian haze of the pictures that he created during this time perfectly captures this creative atmosphere, and the present work is a revealing example.

Embrace Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia Fairground Gypsy in front of Musca Lovers of the street Moulin de la Galette
Embrace
1900
Fairground
1900
Gypsy in front
of Musca
1900
Lovers of the
street
1900
Moulin de
la Galette
1900
A spanish couple in front of inn Bullfighters and bull waiting for the next move Picador Pierrot and Colombina Self-Portrait
A spanish couple
in front of inn
1900
Bullfighters and
bull waiting for
the next move
1900
Picador
1900
Pierrot and
Colombina
1900
Self-Portrait
1900
Snackbar in the open air Stuffed shirts The brutal embrace The cries of virgins View of Riera de Sant Joan from the window
Snackbar in
the open air
1900
Stuffed shirts
1900
The brutal
embrace
1900
The cries of
virgins
1900
View of
Riera de Sant Joan
from the window
1900
Woman with Cat A blue room. A tub A red skirt Bullfight scene Child with dove
Woman with
Cat
1900
A blue room.
A tub
1901
A red skirt
1901
Bullfight scene
1901
Child with
dove
1901
Couple walking Courtesan with necklace of gems Crossind Seine on the upper deck Evocation. The Burial of Casagemas Flower seller
Couple walking
1901
Courtesan with
necklace of gems
1901
Crossind Seine
on the upper
deck
1901
Evocation.
The Burial
of Casagemas
1901
Flower seller
1901
Harlequin leaning Head of woman Reclining nude Jeanne Longchamp Madrilenian. Head of young woman
Harlequin leaning
1901
Head of woman
1901
Reclining
nude Jeanne
1901
Longchamp
1901
Madrilenian.
Head of young
woman
1901
Mother and child behind the bouquet of flowers Motherhood Motherhood 1901 Chrysanthemums 1901 Young Woman Holding a Cigarette
Mother and child
behind the bouquet
of flowers
1901
Motherhood
1901
Motherhood
1901
Chrysanthemums
1901
Young Woman
Holding
a Cigarette
1901
1901 Bust of Smiling Woman Pierreuse with her hand on her shoulder Portrait of Bibi la Puree Portrait of Gustave Coquiot Portrait of Gustave Coquiot
Bust of
Smiling Woman
1901
Pierreuse with
her hand on
her shoulder
1901
Portrait of
Bibi la Puree
1901
Portrait of
Gustave Coquiot
1901
Portrait of
Gustave Coquiot
1901
Portrait of Jaime Sabartes. The bock Portrait of Jaime Sabartes Portrait of Mateu Fernandez de Soto Portrait of Petrus Manach Profile of a young girl. Girl with red flower in her hair
Portrait of
Jaime Sabartes.
The bock
1901
Portrait of
Jaime Sabartes
1901
Portrait of
Mateu Fernandez
de Soto
1901
Portrait of
Petrus Manach
1901
Profile of
a young girl.
Girl with red
flower in
her hair
1901
Public Garden Sada Yacco Seated woman in green Self-Portrait Self-Portrait
Public Garden
1901
Sada Yacco
1901
Seated woman
in green
1901
Self-Portrait
1901
Self-Portrait
1901
Still life.The dessert The Absinthe Drinker The Absinthe Drinker The corrida The death of Casagemas
Still life.
The dessert
1901
The Absinthe Drinker
1901
The Absinthe Drinker
1901
The corrida
1901
The death of
Casagemas
1901
The death of Casagemas The 'Divan Japonais' The Fortune The Fourteenth of July The Greedy
The death
of Casagemas
1901
The
'Divan Japonais'
1901
The Fortune
1901
The Fourteenth
of July
1901
The Greedy
1901
The mother leading two children The pool of Tuileries The suicide. Casagemas The Sun King Two acrobats. Harlequin and his companion
The mother leading
two children
1901
The pool of
Tuileries
1901
The suicide.
Casagemas
1901
The Sun King
1901
Two acrobats.
Harlequin and
his companion
1901
Woman at a Fountain Woman dressed in blue Woman leaving the bath Woman on the street Woman with blue hat
Woman at a
Fountain
1901
Woman dressed
in blue
1901
Woman leaving
the bath
1901
Woman on the
street
1901
Woman with
blue hat
1901
Woman with cap Woman with chignon Woman with feathered hat Woman with hat Woman with jewelery
Woman with
cap
1901
Woman with
chignon
1901
Woman with
feathered hat
1901
Woman with
hat
1901
Woman with
jewelery
1901
Woman with necklace of gems Women in the loge Nana Les Courses a Auteuil 1901 La Gommeuse 1901
Woman with
necklace of gems
1901
Women in the
loge
1901
Nana
1901
Les Courses
a Auteuil
1901
La Gommeuse
1901
Crouching beggar Crouching woman Drunk woman is tired Female Head Head of dead woman
Crouching
beggar
1902
Crouching woman
1902
Drunk woman
is tired
1902
Female Head
1902
Head of
dead woman
1902
Man and Woman Man in blue Melancholy woman Mother and child on the beach Mother and child on the beach
Man and Woman
1902
Man in blue
1902
Melancholy woman
1902
Mother and child
on the beach
1902
Mother and child
on the beach
1902
Mother and child Mother and son on the shore Naked woman with dripping hair Portrait of Corina Romeu Portrait of Juli Gonzalez
Mother and child
1902
Mother and son
on the shore
1902
Naked woman
with dripping
hair
1902
Portrait of
Corina Romeu
1902
Portrait of
Juli Gonzalez
1902
Portrait of Sebastia Junyer-Vida Scene in a cabaret Seated woman Seller of gul 1901 The Absinthe_Drinker
Portrait of
Sebastia
Junyer-Vida
1902
Scene in a
cabaret
1902
Seated woman
1902
Seller of gul
1902
The
Absinthe Drinker
1901

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