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 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 Salinger attempted to present. It is the only work he is known to have produced in 1951 after struggling with it for over five months. The last Salinger story to appear outside the pages of "The New Yorker", it was included in his collection "Nine Stories" (1953). The point of view