Pablo PicassoSpanish, 1881–1973Portrait of Jaume Sabartés
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
Portrait of Jaume Sabartés or Le bock (The Mug of Beer) is a 1901 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso of his friend Jaume Sabartés, now in the Pushkin Museum. He produced it in Paris in autumn 1901 early in his Blue Period, one of eight pencil or paint portraits he made of Sabartés, re-using a canvas previously showing a seated child.
Particulars
- Accession number
- Ж-3317
In the catalog
Sources
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts — © Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Meanwhile, in the life of Pablo Picasso
The whole life1895–1904 · Workplace
Barcelona
1900
First Solo Exhibitions
Picasso's first two solo exhibitions were held at the Barcelona café Els Quatre Gats.
1900
First Trip to Paris
Together with the painter Casagemas, Picasso came to Paris for the first time, visited the World's Fair, and became acquainted with the work of the Impressionists.
17 February 1901
Suicide of Carlos Casagemas
The suicide of his close friend Carlos Casagemas deeply shook the young Picasso and became one of the impulses behind the Blue Period.
1901–1904
The Blue Period
The Blue Period began — somber paintings in blue-green tones with themes of poverty and sorrow; Picasso divided his time between Barcelona and Paris.
