In The Blue Room (Picasso), how is the Description discussed?
The Blue Room depicts a scene of a nude woman in the process of bathing. The painting's title reflects the predominant use of blue shades throughout the painting.
The image of the woman's bedroom is particularly notable, as it offers some insight into Picasso's own living quarters at the time. The setting for this painting was Picasso's own studio apartment, situated at 130 boulevard de Clichy. The apartment was located on the top floor and was extremely small, consisting of just two rooms. The Blue Room presents a visual idea of the interior of this apartment and the view from the window. The painting shows that the studio was also used as a living room, bedroom and bathroom. Several pictures can be seen hanging on the walls of the apartment, including a seascape, reflecting Picasso's growing number of canvases and general disorder in real life.The composition was influenced by works by Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, which is illustrated by the poster May Milton (1895) by Toulouse-Lautrec, seen hanging on the wall in the painting.
Edgar Degas Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec