La Vie, 1903
La Vie is the largest single work during Picasso's
Blue Period. The period is so called because of the way the color blue,
is used to show melancholy tones. Picasso does this because he is mourning the death of his friend
Casamegas,
who had killed himself over grief from losing his lover. In La Vie, Picasso paints
Casamegas, along with his lover, in a final representation of grief over his death.
They are facing a clothed woman holding a baby, and between them are unfinished
canvasses. There are some alternate interpretations that the man is Picasso
himself, but regardless of how one looks at the painting, one thing is clear:
This painting, with the pessimistic expression of its subjects, and its
desolate blues is a depiction of the way Picasso viewed life in general during this
time. It is one of his most important works of these years, and marked the end of
the Blue Period, and the beginning of the
Rose Period.
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