This hall presents works created by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) in 1901–08. The earliest of them is Absinthe Drinker (1901).
One of the main works of the artist’s Blue Period is the painting Two Sisters (The Visit) (1902), inspired by his impressions of the Saint-Lazare hospital.
Glass Vessels (1906) dates from the next stage in Picasso’s evolution.
An introduction to early Cubism is provided by Nude (1907), Bathing, Green Pan and Black Bottle, Pot, Glass and Book and House in a Garden (all 1908).
