By abandoning this earlier portrait and painting over it, Picasso was probably “not just changing the subject but also changing his style as he developed his famous Blue Period way of painting ...

This Blue Period was inspired in 1901 in part by the suicide of Spanish painter Carlos Casagemas, who was a good friend of Picasso's, the Courtland said. Picasso took over the rooms where ...

Conservators at The Courtauld Institute in London have discovered an image of a mystery woman hidden beneath one of Picasso’s most famous Blue Period paintings. The unknown image was discovered ...

Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a ...

One of the earliest pieces from Pablo Picasso's iconic Blue Period has revealed an unexpected discovery: another figure beneath the surface. This finding provides further insight into the process ...

When taking X-ray and infrared images of a "portrait depicting Picasso’s sculptor friend painted in 1901 and one of the earliest examples of the artist’s Blue Period," conservators at The Courtauld ...