Picasso's Blue Period Picasso's Blue Period The Blue Period () is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. These somber works, inspired by Spain and painted in Barcelona and Paris, are now some of his most popular works, although he had difficulty selling them at the time. This period's starting point is uncertain; it may have begun in Spain in the spring of 1901 or in Paris in the second half of the year. In
De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period girl corresponds to Sister Irma and her simple occupation is equated with the nun's genuine dedication to God. Salinger describes the moment of the narrator's epiphany: Slawenski regards this as the key passage in the story, revealing “the presence of God”, and the emergence of Zen Buddhist topics in Salinger's writing. De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, first published in the May 1952 edition of "World Review" (London). Declined by "The New Yorker" on November 14, 1951, the piece was judged too short to contain the complex religious concepts that