Picasso's Rose Period

thumb|245px|Pablo Picasso, 1905, [[Acrobat and Young Harlequin|Acrobate et jeune Arlequin (Acrobat and Young Harlequin), oil on canvas, 191.1 x 108.6 cm, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia]]

The Rose Period (Spanish: Período rosa) comprises the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1904 and 1906. It began when Picasso settled in Montmartre at the Bateau-Lavoir among Bohemian poets and writers. Following his Blue Period – which depicted themes of poverty, loneliness, and despair in somber, blue tones – Picasso's Rose Period represents more pleasant themes of clowns, harlequins and carnival performers, depicted in cheerful vivid hues of red, orange, pink and earth tones.

Based largely on intuition rather than direct observation, Picasso's Rose Period marks the beginning of the artist's stylistic experiments with primitivism; influenced by pre-Roman Iberian sculpture, Oceanic and African art. This led to Picasso's African Period in 1907, culminating in the Proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, regarded as a masterpiece.

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thumb|245px|[[Boy Leading a Horse, 1905–06, oil on canvas, , Museum of Modern Art, New York]]

The Rose Period lasted from 1904 to 1906. It lasted until 1904, when Picasso's psychological condition improved. The Rose Period is named after Picasso's heavy use of pink tones in his works from this period, from the French word for pink, which is rose.

Picasso's third highest selling painting, Young Girl with a Flower Basket, and his fifth highest, Garçon à la pipe (Boy with a pipe) were both painted during the Rose Period. Other significant Rose Period works include: Woman in a Chemise (Madeleine) (1904–05), The Actor (1904–1905), Lady with a Fan (1905), Two Youths (1905), Harlequin Family (1905), Harlequin's Family With an Ape (1905), La famille de saltimbanques (1905), Boy with a Dog (1905), Nude Boy (1906), Boy Leading a Horse (1905–06), and The Girl with a Goat (1906).

File:Picasso The Actor 1904.JPG|Pablo Picasso, 1904, L'acteur (The Actor), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Acrobate à la Boule (Acrobat on a Ball), oil on canvas, 147 x 95 cm, The Pushkin Museum, Moscow.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Girl on a Ball, oil on canvas, 147 × 95 cm, Pushkin Museum, Moscow

File:Pablo Picasso, 1904-05, Les Baladins (Mother and Child, Acrobats), gouache on canvas, 90 x 71 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1904–05, Les Baladins (Mother and Child, Acrobats), gouache on canvas, 90 × 71 cm, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Maternité (Mother and Child).jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Maternité (Mother and Child), private collection

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Nus (Nudes), pencil on paper.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Nus (Nudes), pencil on paper

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Acrobat's Family with a Monkey (Famille au Singe), collage, gouache, watercolor, pastel and india ink on carboard, 104 x 75 cm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Goteburg.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Acrobat's Family with a Monkey (Famille au Singe), collage, gouache, watercolor, pastel and India ink on cardboard, 104 × 75 cm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Fillette nue au panier de fleurs (Le panier fleuri), oil on canvas, 155 x 66 cm, private collection, New York.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Young Girl with a Flower Basket, oil on canvas, 154.8 x 66.1 cm, private collection

File:Garçon à la pipe.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Garçon à la pipe, (Boy with a Pipe), private collection

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Lady with a Fan (Femme à l'éventail), oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81 cm, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Lady with a Fan (Femme à l'éventail), oil on canvas, 100.3 × 81 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

File:Family of Saltimbanques.JPG|Pablo Picasso, 1905, Family of Saltimbanques, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

File:GertrudeStein.JPG|Pablo Picasso, 1905–06, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, oil on canvas, 100 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

File:Pablo Picasso, 1905-06, Les deux frères (The two brothers), oil on canvas, 141.4 x 97.1 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1905–06, Les deux frères (The two brothers), oil on canvas, 141.4 × 97.1 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel

File:Pablo Picasso, 1906, La Mort d'Arlequin (Death of Harlequin), gouache and pencil on board, 68.5 x 96 cm, private collection.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1906, La Mort d'Arlequin (Death of Harlequin), gouache and pencil on board, 68.5 × 96 cm, private collection

File:Pablo Picasso, 1906, Nu aux mains serrées, gouache on canvas, 96.5 x 75.6 cm, Art Gallery of Ontario.jpg|Pablo Picasso, 1906, Nu aux mains serrées, gouache on canvas, 96.5 × 75.6 cm, Art Gallery of Ontario

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Picasso's Rose Period

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