Involved in the editing of the magazine “young artists”. In June, the first solo exhibition in Paris. The beginning of the “era of the blue”.
In the wake of the suicide of a close friend Kasajemasu, Picasso portrays a work filled with sorrow at the dark screen tones and blue.
“Dead Kasajemasu” 1901
“Self-Portrait”
“Crouch women and children”
Saint-Lazare camp prostitutes who were suffering from syphilis have been many houses, Picasso visited well have a special interest. Suffer Holding a child so as to enclose, and the mother snuggle up to children Close your eyes, children stare intently down downcast eyes. It has been handed down sadness and despair in its appearance. As if representing the feelings of anxiety mother, it has been expressed as clothing and background billowing blue.