Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas)

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Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) is a somber early-20th-century painting by Pablo Picasso that exemplifies his Blue Period through its melancholic depiction of his friend Carlos Casagemas’s death and spiritual ascent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
work of art
artForm oil on canvas
artist Pablo Picasso
artisticPeriod Picasso's Blue Period
associatedWith Picasso's Blue Period
basedOn suicide of Carlos Casagemas
collection Picasso Museum
surface form: Museu Picasso collection
colorPalette predominantly blue tones
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Pablo Picasso
depicts Carlos Casagemas
coffin
mourning figures
nude ascending figures
religious imagery
religious procession
spiritual ascent
describedAs melancholic
somber
genre history painting
symbolist painting
hasColor blue
greenish-blue
muted earth tones
hasPart lower register with funeral scene
upper register with ascending figures
inception 1901
influencedBy Picasso's grief
death of Carlos Casagemas
languageOfTitle English
location Picasso Museum
surface form: Museu Picasso, Barcelona
mainSubject death of Carlos Casagemas
funeral of Carlos Casagemas
spiritual ascent of Carlos Casagemas
materialUsed oil paint
movement Blue Period
modern art
partOf Picasso's early works
surface canvas
theme afterlife
death
mourning
spirituality
tragedy
title Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) self-link
yearOfCreation 1901

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Blue Period hasNotableWork Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas)
Picasso's Blue Period notableWork Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas)
Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) title Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) self-link