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La Vie

1903
(Spanish, 1881–1973)
Framed: 239 x 170 x 10 cm (94 1/8 x 66 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 196.5 x 129.2 cm (77 3/8 x 50 7/8 in.)
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Picasso began drawing as a child and studying at an art school at age eleven. He later remarked that "art is a lie that makes us realize the truth."

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In 1901, depressed over the suicide of his close friend, poet and painter Carles Casagemas, Picasso launched into the melancholic paintings of his Blue Period (1901–4). Only 21 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 human misery and social alienation reached its climax with this painting. The subject has been interpreted variously as a symbolic representation of sacred and profane love or the cycle of life, or a realistic portrayal of a working-class couple facing the hazards of real life.
La Vie

La Vie

1903

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
Spain, 20th century

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