Breakfast of a Blind Man

 Breakfast of a Blind Man

The first of Pablo Picasso’s major movements is the Blue Period. Comprised mainly in his late teens it is imperative to keep in mind the living conditions of Picasso at this time. Soon after Picasso left Barcelona for Paris, he began painting using a strong presence of blue. Not only was Picasso living in a new city, with little financial resources, away from his home and family for the first time, many of the influences of this more depressing style of painting can be traced to the suicide of his friend, Casagemas. Some of his major works within the Blue Period include the Blue Nude, the Old Guitarist, and the Tragedy. Prostitutes, beggars, acrobats, harlequins and blindness are all common themes depicted within the paintings of the Blue Period.