Citation

Ivan GC. Arbor 2013; 189(764).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013)

DOI

10.3989/arbor.2013.764n6010

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Paris 1901: unrequited love drove Carles Casagemas, a close friend of Pablo Picasso's youth, to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head. This tragic event was a major blow to Picasso, causing him to dwell upon the subject of death and express his "mourning" through his paintings. The "bullet hole" in his friend's temple symbolically displaced several areas of the young Picasso's life and became a "deep vacuum" and "melancholy", permeating various areas in Picasso's paintings, and marking the start of his famous blue period. © 2013 CSIC.

Language: en

Keywords

Blue period; Casagemas; Gargallo; Grief; Melancholy; Picasso; Suicide