blue dominated his work as did the theme of portraying human suffering and misery, in many cases also reflecting the style of El Greco in the use of elongated figures.Rose Period:Picasso met Fernande Olivier shortly after moving to Paris, the first of many companions who would influence the style, theme, and mood of his work.. In this case, his happiness and joy was reflected in his changing palette -- to reds and pinks. His favorite subjects in this period were circus themes as in Family of Saltimbanques, 1915, or portraits of his companions which at the time included poet Max Jacob, writer Guillaume Apollinaire, art dealers Ambroise Vollard and Daniel Henry Kahnweiler, and writer Gertrude Stein and her brother, Leo....
