According to Boeck , the Picasso 's "The Old Guitarist " Page 3 color blue was well suited to the subjects that Picasso was painting . Picasso 's subject matter during the "Blue Period " has also come under analysis . Critic Anthony Blunt sees Picasso 's subject matter as reflecting the popular end-of-the-century tastes "In spite of the Catalan cult of toughness and vitality the intellectuals of Barcelona shared many of the 'morbid 'decadent ' tastes of the international fin-de-sieecle movement , which are important ingredients...











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