Blue Period
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The Blue Period of Picasso, between 1901 and 1904, was when the style of Pablo Picasso's paintings were heavily emotional, often in the form of blue colors like Dama en Eden Concert (1903), La Vida (1903), Las dos hermanas (1904). The Blue Period preceded his Rose Period.
His Blue Period paintings are now some of his most popular works, although he had difficulty selling them after he painted them. They were painted in Paris, although influenced by a trip to Spain. Some have speculated that his decision to use monochrome blue colors was because of the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901, or because early in his career when he was poor he could not afford to buy many colors to paint with. This period symbolizes his time of depression.
Possibly his most well known work from this period is The Old Guitarist.
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