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Essay / Picasso and Pablo Picasso - 1256
His depression improved and he began making cheerful pieces featuring circus people and harlequins. Picasso also met Fernande Olivier who quickly became his lover and appeared in many of Picasso's paintings such as Fernande to Black Mantilla. He quickly became financially stable and his problems faded away. During this period, Picasso painted some of his most valuable paintings, notably his Portrait of Gertrude Stein (“Pablo Picasso and His Paintings”). During Picasso's blue period, Pablo expressed his sadness and sorrow, but during his rose period, the paintings took on a life of their own. “The type of person is recognizable, not the person themselves. The subject is characterized and not represented. This, although a step in the direction of abstract art, is not the most important characteristic of Picasso's Rose Period" ("1904 To