Facts about The Blue Period: Picasso

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   Barcelona served as the primary setting for Picasso's Blue Period, where he worked in a studio on Carrer de la Riera de Sant Joan.

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   Many works from Picasso's Blue Period feature gaunt, elongated figures drawn from society's margins, including beggars, prisoners, and prostitutes.

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   Picasso's Blue Period was triggered in part by the suicide of his close friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901, which deeply affected his emotional state and artistic direction.

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   La Vie, painted in 1903, is widely considered the masterpiece of Picasso's Blue Period and depicts a complex allegorical scene of human suffering.

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   During Picasso's Blue Period, lasting roughly from 1901 to 1904, he painted predominantly in shades of blue and blue-green, often depicting themes of poverty and isolation.

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