Pablo PicassoEspaña, 1881–1973La Vida
La Vie
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- Comprobado
- hace 4 horas
- En este estado desde
- 19 ago 2026
- Fuente
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About the painting
La Vida (en francés: La Vie) es una pintura al óleo hecha por Pablo Picasso en 1903. La obra forma parte, si no es que el inicio, del período azul del artista.
La pintura se encuentra en la exposición permanente del Museo de Arte de Cleveland.
In the museum's words
The subject of this painting has been interpreted variously as a realistic portrayal of a working-class couple facing the challenges of poverty and as a symbolic representation of the cycle of life, with the infant representing childhood, the couple representing youth, and the draped woman representing age. In 1901, depressed by the suicide of his friend, the poet and painter Carles Casagemas, Pablo Picasso began the melancholic paintings of his Blue Period (1901–4). Twenty-one years old and struggling to support himself, he restricted his palette to cool colors suggestive of night, mystery, dreams, and death. His interest in themes of suffering and social alienation culminated in this painting.
Museo de Arte de Cleveland
Ficha
- Número de inventario
- 1945.24
En el catálogo
Fuentes
- Museo de Arte de Cleveland: the museum's own open data · obtenido hace 6 días
- Imagen: Museo de Arte de Cleveland — © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Mientras tanto, en la vida de Pablo Picasso
La vida entera1895–1904 · Lugar de trabajo
Barcelona
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.
1904
Move to Paris, Beginning of the Rose Period
Picasso settled in the Bateau-Lavoir residence in Montmartre; the sorrow of the Blue Period gave way to images of the theater and the circus — the Rose Period began.
1904
Meeting Fernande Olivier
In Paris Picasso met the bohemian artist Fernande Olivier, who became his lover and the model for many Rose Period paintings.
1905
Meeting the Steins and Matisse
Picasso became a favorite of the collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein; at one of Gertrude Stein's gatherings in 1905 he met Henri Matisse — a lifelong friend and rival.
