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== Description ==
== Description ==
A painting from Picasso's Blue Period (1901-1904), the painting depicts a family of poor people by the sea. The three figures depicted are characterized by essentiality, which is also rendered through color; in fact, the palette is almost monochrome and is reduced to shades of blue. The three figures, barefoot and cold, allude to the Holy Family and reflect a sense of melancholy and closure in their silent despair. As in the other works of this period, the main theme is incommunicability; in fact, the characters are unable to relate to each other and look miserable.
A painting from Picasso's [[Picasso's Blue Period|Blue Period]] (1901-1904), the painting depicts a family of poor people by the sea. The three figures are rendered in an almost monochrome palette in different shades of blue. The three figures, barefoot and cold, allude to the Holy Family and reflect a sense of melancholy and closure in their silent despair.


Nevertheless, the individuals stand out for their majestic dignity. In particular, the austere figure of the mother portrayed from behind references the firm volumetric rendering of the anatomical modeling of the bodies of some Giottesque figures. Despite the use of the almost monochrome palette, Picasso manages to clearly separate the three constituent elements of the universe: water (the sea), air (the sky) and earth (the beach). In this way, one can distinguish three geometric horizontal bands that are in contrast to the three characters in the foreground, contributing to highlight their marginalization, thus emphasizing their intimate and silent pain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |author=Gillo Dorfles |title=Capire l'arte 3. Dal Neoclassicismo a oggi |publisher=Atlas |year=2016 |page=200}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |author=Giorgio Cricco |title=Itinerario nell'arte 3 |publisher=Zanichelli Editore |year=2021 |page=213}}</ref>
Nevertheless, the individuals stand out for their majestic dignity. In particular, the austere figure of the mother portrayed from behind references the firm volumetric rendering of the anatomical modeling of the bodies of some Giottesque figures. Despite the use of the almost monochrome palette, Picasso manages to clearly separate the three constituent elements of the universe: water (the sea), air (the sky) and earth (the beach).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |author=Gillo Dorfles |title=Capire l'arte 3. Dal Neoclassicismo a oggi |publisher=Atlas |year=2016 |page=200}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |author=Giorgio Cricco |title=Itinerario nell'arte 3 |publisher=Zanichelli Editore |year=2021 |page=213}}</ref>


== Exhibition and ownership history ==
== Exhibition and ownership history ==
The painting was exhibited for the first time in 1912 in [[Cologne]], Germany at the Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, no. 210, as ''Die Armen am Meer''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Picasso |first=Pablo |title=The Tragedy, |date=1903 |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46671.html#history |access-date=2023-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sonderbund Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler |url=http://archive.org/details/internationaleku00sond |title=Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln, 1912 |date=1912 |publisher=Cöln a. Rhein : M. Dumont Schauberg |others=Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library}}</ref> According to the Guggenheim museum, it was previously owned by Alfred Flechtheim [1878-1937], Düsseldorf, Professor Kreis, Düsseldorf, Paul Schüler [1876-1942] Bochum, Germany, Paul P. Rosenberg et Cie., Paris, and Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York, who bequeathed it to the NGA.<ref>{{Citation |last=Picasso |first=Pablo |title=The Tragedy, |date=1903 |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46671.html#provenance |access-date=2023-12-09}}</ref>
The painting was exhibited for the first time in 1912 in [[Cologne]], Germany at the Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, no. 210, as ''Die Armen am Meer''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Picasso |first=Pablo |title=The Tragedy, |date=1903 |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46671.html#history |access-date=2023-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sonderbund Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler |url=http://archive.org/details/internationaleku00sond |title=Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln, 1912 |date=1912 |publisher=Cöln a. Rhein : M. Dumont Schauberg |others=Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library}}</ref> According to the Guggenheim museum, it was previously owned by [[Alfred Flechtheim]] [1878-1937], Düsseldorf, Professor Kreis, Düsseldorf, Paul Schüler [1876-1942] Bochum, Germany, Paul P. Rosenberg et Cie., Paris, and [[Chester Dale]] [1883-1962], New York, who bequeathed it to the NGA.<ref>{{Citation |last=Picasso |first=Pablo |title=The Tragedy, |date=1903 |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46671.html#provenance |access-date=2023-12-09}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 08:25, 9 December 2023

The Tragedy
ArtistPablo Picasso
LocationWashington

Poor People by the Sea (Des pauvres au bord de la mer), also known as The Tragedy, is an oil on panel painting made in 1903 by Pablo Picasso. It is currently in Washington, DC, in the National Gallery of Art.

Description

A painting from Picasso's Blue Period (1901-1904), the painting depicts a family of poor people by the sea. The three figures are rendered in an almost monochrome palette in different shades of blue. The three figures, barefoot and cold, allude to the Holy Family and reflect a sense of melancholy and closure in their silent despair.

Nevertheless, the individuals stand out for their majestic dignity. In particular, the austere figure of the mother portrayed from behind references the firm volumetric rendering of the anatomical modeling of the bodies of some Giottesque figures. Despite the use of the almost monochrome palette, Picasso manages to clearly separate the three constituent elements of the universe: water (the sea), air (the sky) and earth (the beach).[1][2]

Exhibition and ownership history

The painting was exhibited for the first time in 1912 in Cologne, Germany at the Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, no. 210, as Die Armen am Meer.[3][4] According to the Guggenheim museum, it was previously owned by Alfred Flechtheim [1878-1937], Düsseldorf, Professor Kreis, Düsseldorf, Paul Schüler [1876-1942] Bochum, Germany, Paul P. Rosenberg et Cie., Paris, and Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York, who bequeathed it to the NGA.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gillo Dorfles (2016). Capire l'arte 3. Dal Neoclassicismo a oggi. Atlas. p. 200.
  2. ^ Giorgio Cricco (2021). Itinerario nell'arte 3. Zanichelli Editore. p. 213.
  3. ^ Picasso, Pablo (1903), The Tragedy, retrieved 2023-12-09
  4. ^ Sonderbund Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (1912). Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln, 1912. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library. Cöln a. Rhein : M. Dumont Schauberg.
  5. ^ Picasso, Pablo (1903), The Tragedy, retrieved 2023-12-09

Bibliography

[[Category:Allegorical paintings]] [[Category:Paintings by Pablo Picasso]]

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