Self-Portrait BluePeriod 1901

•Spanish, child prodigy•"By the time I was 15 yrs.old I could draw likeMichelangelo, and it tookme the rest of my life tolearn to draw like a child."•Moved to Paris 1900, atage 19•Blue Period - Poor starving artist - workreflects mood, andpersonal feelings at thetime.•20 yrs. old, but appearsolder

The Tragedy, BluePeriod, 1903•Subject - titlesuggests grief,suffering,hopelessness•Sea suggests mystery•What is going tohappen?•What has happened?

•The work is Expressionistic•Colour & form aredistorted.•Colour is reduced to tintsand shades of blue•Sadness is communicatedthrough the colour •Form - figures distorted for emotional effect - suggestsphysical & moral fatigue