At the same time he painted The Holy Family in Egypt and Altar to the Blessed Virgin. Christ, with a shining aura around his head, is blessing with his left hand an overwhelmed Devil. During his early days there Picasso did a revealing drawing, Christ Blessing the Devil, which was evidence of the deep conflict raging within him. And it was compounded by his almost magical conviction that his little sister's death had released him to be a painter and follow the call of the powers he had been given, whatever the consequences.Īfter Conchita’s death the family moved from Corunna, in the northwest corner of Spain, to Barcelona. His guilt was enormous-the other side of his belief in his powers to affect the world around him. At the same time, he was convinced that it was his ambivalence that had made it possible for God to kill Conchita. When she died, he decided that God was evil and destiny an enemy. And then he was torn between wanting her saved and wanting her dead so that his gift would be saved. He offered to sacrifice his gift to Him and never pick up a brush again if He would save Conchita. In his anguish Picasso made a terrible pact with God. He watched his parents' struggle to save his sister and he watched bewildered as they celebrated Christmas and Epiphany and gave presents to the children, trying to shield Conchita from any knowledge of approaching death. Ramon Perez Costales, a friend of his father's. He watched the desperate comings and goings of Dr. Picasso watched her deteriorate from the smiling little girl with the blonde curls whom he had so tenderly drawn to the ghost of herself that he drew just before death snatched her away. On January 10 his seven-year-old sister, Conchita, died of diptheria. The year 1895, when Pablo Picasso was thirteen, brought his initiation into two mysteries-the mystery of power and the mystery of death. From the archives: "Picasso Speaks" (July 1957) The Paris art critic for The Christian Science Monitor recounts a visit with Pablo Picasso at his home.
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