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Q: Why did Picasso paint in blue?

The Blue Period began after the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901. The blue palette expressed Picasso's grief and his empathy for society's outcasts and impoverished people.

Q: What style influenced Blue Nude?

The elongated figure shows influence of El Greco's mannerist style, which Picasso encountered in Spain. The angular, expressive distortion would later evolve into Cubism.

Pablo Picasso produced this melancholic figure study in 1902 during his Blue Period. A nude woman sits hunched forward, her angular body rendered in cool blue tones against a stark background. The painting reflects the sadness and poverty Picasso witnessed among the marginalized people of Barcelona and Paris.

The Blue Period (1901-1904) began after Picasso's close friend Carlos Casagemas committed suicide. The pervading blue palette expresses themes of poverty, isolation, and despair. The elongated, almost skeletal figure in Blue Nude shows influences of El Greco's mannerist style, which Picasso had studied during his formative years in Spain.

The Blue Period (1901-1904) was an early phase when Picasso painted primarily in shades of blue and blue-green. The somber palette reflected themes of poverty, melancholy, and human suffering.

The Blue Period began after the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901. The blue palette expressed Picasso's grief and his empathy for society's outcasts and impoverished people.

The elongated figure shows influence of El Greco's mannerist style, which Picasso encountered in Spain. The angular, expressive distortion would later evolve into Cubism.

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