Pablo Picasso was an etcher.
Pablo Picasso ( [ pɪˈkɑːsoʊ , _ - ˈkæsoʊ ] [ ˈpaβlo piˈkaso ] ; 25 October 1881 -- 8 April 1973 ) was a Spanish painter , sculptor , printmaker , ceramicist , stage designer , poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France . While the names of many of his later periods are debated , the most commonly accepted periods in his work are the Blue Period ( 1901 -- 1904 ) , the Rose Period ( 1904 -- 1906 ) , the African-influenced Period ( 1907 -- 1909 ) , Analytic Cubism ( 1909 -- 1912 ) , and Synthetic Cubism ( 1912 -- 1919 ) , also referred to as the Crystal period . The Blue Period ( Período Azul ) is a term used to define the works produced by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso between 1901 and 1904 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green , only occasionally warmed by other colors . The same mood pervades the well-known etching The Frugal Repast ( 1904 ) which depicts a blind man and a sighted woman , both emaciated , seated at a nearly bare table .