Picasso's Blue Period as his psychological state improved, he moved towards more joyful, vibrant works, and emphasized the use of pinks ("rose" in French) and other warm hues to express the shift in mood and subject matter. The painting "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" (1904), one of the final works from this period, was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) on December 20, 2007, but retrieved on January 8, 2008. 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
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