One possibility is Picasso's financial need to reuse canvases during that time. Additionally, he was known to layer his works instead of whitewashing a canvas to start fresh. As for the identity ...

Researchers have uncovered a hidden painting beneath Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of Mateu ... and offers a rare glimpse into his early blue period works. The portrait of the woman, who appears ...

Alongside the Picasso portrait, the exhibition will feature works by Goya, Renoir, Cézanne, and Van Gogh that have never been shown outside of Switzerland.

"Picasso and Paper," which opened at the CMA in early December, showcases about 300 works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings, and collages of cut-and-pasted papers.

And in this work the ever-competitive Picasso is responding to the cutout ... s “La Vie” (1903), emblem of the melancholic early Blue Period. So it’s the ideal introduction to Picasso.

One of the earliest pieces from Pablo Picasso's iconic Blue Period has revealed an unexpected discovery: another figure beneath the surface. This finding provides further insight into the process of ...