The Old Guitarist
Pablo Picasso Spanish, active France, 1881–1973
late 1903–early 1904
Pablo Picasso made The Old Guitarist while working in Barcelona. In the paintings of his Blue Period (1901-04), the artist restricted himself to a cold, monochromatic blue palette, flattened forms, and emotional, psychological themes of human misery and alienation related to the work of such…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 122.9 × 82.6 cm (48 3/8 × 32 1/2 in.)
- Origin
- Spain