Picasso's Rose Period
The Rose Period (Spanish: Período rosa) comprises the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1904 and 1906. It began when Picasso settled in Montmartre at the Bateau-Lavoir among bohemian poets and writers. Following his Blue Period – which depicted themes of poverty, loneliness, and despair in somber, blue tones – Picasso's Rose Period represents more pleasant themes of clowns, harlequins and carnival performers, depicted in cheerful vivid hues of red, orange, pink and earth tones.
Based largely on intuition rather than direct observation, Picasso's Rose Period marks the beginning of the artist's stylistic experiments with primitivism; influenced by pre-Roman Iberian sculpture, Oceanic and African art. This led to Picasso's African Period in 1907, culminating in the Proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, regarded as a masterpiece.[1][2][3]
Overview
The Rose Period lasted from 1904 to 1906.[2] Picasso was happy in his relationship with Fernande Olivier whom he had met in 1904 and this has been suggested as one of the possible reasons he changed his style of painting. Harlequins, circus performers and clowns appear frequently in the Rose Period and populated Picasso's paintings at various stages throughout the rest of his long career. The harlequin, a comedic character usually depicted in checkered patterned clothing, became a personal symbol for Picasso.
The Rose Period has been considered French influenced, while the Blue Period more Spanish influenced, although both styles emerged while Picasso was living in Paris.
Picasso's third highest selling painting,
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Pablo Picasso, 1904, L'acteur (The Actor), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Girl on a Ball, oil on canvas, 147 × 95 cm, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
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Pablo Picasso, 1904–05, Les Baladins (Mother and Child, Acrobats), gouache on canvas, 90 × 71 cm, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Maternité (Mother and Child), private collection
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Nus (Nudes), pencil on paper
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Pablo Picasso, 1905,Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Young Girl with a Flower Basket, oil on canvas, 154.8 x 66.1 cm, private collection
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Garçon à la pipe, (Boy with a Pipe), private collection
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Lady with a Fan (Femme à l'éventail), oil on canvas, 100.3 × 81 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Pablo Picasso, 1905, Family of Saltimbanques, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Pablo Picasso, 1905–06, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, oil on canvas, 100 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Pablo Picasso, 1905–06, Les deux frères (The two brothers), oil on canvas, 141.4 × 97.1 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel
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Pablo Picasso, 1906, La Mort d'Arlequin (Death of Harlequin), gouache and pencil on board, 68.5 × 96 cm, private collection
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Pablo Picasso, 1906, Nu aux mains serrées, gouache on canvas, 96.5 × 75.6 cm, Art Gallery of Ontario
See also
References
- ^ Voorhies, James. Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000
- ^ a b Wattenmaker, Richard J.; Distel, Anne, et al.,1993, p. 194
- ISBN 978-0-307-26666-8
- ^ Solomon, Barbara Probst (September 11, 1995). "Callow Young Genius". New York Magazine. p. 83.
- ^ Staff, "New York woman falls, rips Picasso painting," AP, January 25, 2010, found at Yahoo News files. Accessed January 25, 2010.
Suggested reading
- Wattenmaker, Richard J.; ISBN 0-679-40963-7