"Picasso often reused his canvases at this time because he did not have much money," the institute explained Historians ...

Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a ...

The painting, titled “Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto,” dates back to 1901, the beginning of Picasso’s famous Blue Period, which marked a pivotal juncture in his career. Further ...

Painted in 1901, when Picasso was only 19, this artwork marks one of the earliest pieces from his renowned Blue Period—a phase that lasted until roughly 1904 and was characterized by a ...

The image of a woman was revealed beneath Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto" (1901) through infrared imaging organized by the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. (all images ...

By abandoning this earlier portrait and painting over it, Picasso was probably “not just changing the subject but also changing his style as he developed his famous Blue Period way of painting ...

A previously unknown painting by Pablo Picasso has emerged from the shadows of history, hidden beneath a Blue Period ...

London An undiscovered painting by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) of a mystery woman, hidden for more than a century beneath one of the very first paintings from the artist’s famous Blue Period, has been ...

Pablo Picasso’s “Nude Woman in a Red Armchair ... One of her breasts is slightly larger than the other. You can see the blue tinge of her veins showing through her skin.