Embrace 1900

"Embrace" (1900) by Pablo Picasso depicts a couple embracing in a dimly lit room. The painting's muted palette and simplified forms are characteristic of Picasso's early Blue Period, a time when the artist explored themes of poverty and isolation. The couple's figures are elongated and distorted, with their faces obscured, highlighting a sense of intimacy and mystery. This work, now housed in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, offers a glimpse into Picasso's early explorations of modernism and the human condition.