PAIN 

 

The Blue Period

One historic thing that occurred because of a suicide was the "Blue Period".  This was a series of artworks created by Picasso after the suicide of his friend, Carlos Casagemas.  To make people understand that the paintings were meant to be expressive and emotionally sobering, he painted everything in hues of blue, hence the name "the Blue Period".  

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This is one example of a painting from Picasso's Blue Period.  This is La Celestina.  Other works from this Period you can look up are The Old Guitarist and his Self- Portrait.

Guernica

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This painting, Picasso's "Guernica", is based upon the chaos and tragedy of war, including the taken lives of innocent civilians. Picasso's purpose in painting it was to bring to th world's attention then bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by German bombers, who were supporting nationalist forces of Gerneral Franco during the SPanish Civil War. It reminds us of these war tragedies and can be seen as an "Anti-War" symbol and an embodiment of peace. 

Nuclear Dance

The Nuclear dance was made inspired by the Guernica and it seems to portray the chaos and spectacle included in the contorted and broken figures of the painting. 

Life

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The Life painting shows Casagemas, again with a lover and a mother with child, but this time Picasso shows a Casagemas who is alive, the faces of the company of people still melancholic, but the left leg of Casagemas treading forward and a left finger pointing upward, showing an undefeated Casagemas.
http://pablo-picasso.paintings.name/blue-period/

Evocation

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The burial of Casagemas painting shows a burial, while the upper half may represent how these two young men envisaged heaven: plenty of scarcely dressed women and a mother with children.
http://pablo-picasso.paintings.name/blue-period/

The Broken Column 

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One of the most famous pain artists is Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, whose work, now on exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is imbued with the lifelong suffering she experienced after being impaled during a trolley accident as a teenager. Her injuries left her spine and pelvis shattered, resulting in multiple operations and miscarriages, and she often depicted her suffering on canvas in stark, disturbing and even bloody images.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/pain-as-an-art-form/

Maia

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The painting Maia was created in honor of Mother Earth. It holds energies for sending love, harmony and healing to her, and is also representative of the beauty she creates and holds for us.
This painting is a prayer ‘of healing’ for Mother Earth.
The artist retains all rights for reproduction purposes for prints or greeting cards on any original artwork sold.
http://www.hearttosoulcards.com/original-art.php

Gallion on Water

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Martin Ramirez (1895-1963) created hundreds of drawings and collages while institutionalized at the DeWitt State Hospital In Auburn, California, where he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He is considered one of the self-taught masters of 20th century art, and his work often explored the same subjects: horseback riders, trains and tunnels, landscapes, Madonnas and animals.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/10/health/20081210_painter_index.html

Room In Brooklyn

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Room in Brooklyn explores the effect of a city's expansion on its inhabitants. Hopper's introspective approach highlights the unforgiving quality of urban life rather than its exuberance. The painting's poignancy originates in the subject's vulnerability; both artist and viewer coldly observe the figure, who is unaware that she is being watched by strangers. The oblique treatment of light emphasizes a stark mood, and the subject's withdrawn solitude is in direct contrast to the multitudes suggested by the cityscape beyond the window. The tidy flourish of the brightly illuminated floral arrangement seems unable to penetrate the shadows that prevail in the room. The scene vividly depicts the disturbances that we frequently must treat with our health care system.
http://www.amcp.org/data/jmcp/vol4/num1/impressions.html

Absinthe Drinker- Edward Degas 

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Degas himself never called the painting "L'Absinthe"; it was either his art dealer or a later owner who gave it the name. Years later, it set off a flurry in the London art world, and the grim realism of "L'Absinthe" (a theme popular with bohemian artists) was perceived by London art critics as a lesson against alcohol and the French in general.

Scream- Edvard Munch

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The Scream" was painted in the end of the 19th century, and is possibly the first Expressionist painting. The Scream was very different from the art of the time, when many artists tried to depict objective reality. Munch was a tortured soul, and it certainly showed in this painting. Most of his family had died, and he was often plagued by sickness. The Scream was not a reflection of what was going on at the time, but rather, Munch’s own "inner hell."