The Old Guitarist

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The Old Guitarist. The old guitarist is an oil painting by pablo picasso created in 1903. The old guitarist by pablo picasso is a symbiosis of inner progress, spanish tradition and influence of global tendencies.

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It depicts an elderly musician, a blind, haggard man with threadbare clothing, weakly hunched over his guitar while playing in the streets of barcelona, spain. The old guitarist was created by pablo picasso in 1903 while he was living in spain during what would be later referred to as his blue period. The old guitarist was painted in 1903, just after the suicide death of picasso's close friend, casagemas.

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Pablo picasso hizo the old guitarist en france. This period was hallmarked by almost universal use of a monochromatic blue palette, somber and dismal subjects and an overall impoverished tone. Hands mangled by age and fingers unfurled. Picasso’s blue period was heralded as a turning point in his.