... started to appear in his art. Although he was still using a little blue, he started drawing pictures of embracing young couples, showing slight hints of might and hope. His La Vie, 1904, shows a man embraced with a naked woman, while a clothed woman, holding a child, stands by watching. This portrait illustrates that the man is torn between physical love and ideal love (Lyttle 32). This new theme ... in the 20th century is, by now, the merest commonplace. Before his 50th birthday, the little Spaniard from Malaga had become the very prototype as the modern artist as a [sic] public figure....

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