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
Chen Jin (painter) Jin also accepted a commission from Taipei’s Fa-kuang Temple which led to the production of her series of The Buddha’s Work (1965-1967). In her later years, she traveled back and forth between Taiwan and the United States. These experiences led to a thematic expansion in her work, which began to include landscape paintings. Chen Jin (painter) Chen Jin was born to a noted family in Kōzan, Shinchiku-cho, Japanese Taiwan. In 1922, she entered Taihoku Third Girl’s High School. She was the only well-known female Taiwanese painter before 1945 of the colonial period. Her focus was primarily in gouache painting, with