Capitalized Construction During Interest Period

Capitalized Construction During Interest Period

Capitalized Construction During Interest Period

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) initially began his art studies in Madrid at the age of sixteen. He left school a few years later, returning to Barcelona where his family lived and where he took to hanging around a tavern known as Els Quatre Gats. Here Picasso met Carlos Casagemas, another young Spanish artist who would become one of Picasso’s best friends.

The Death of Casagemas

Casagemas went to Paris with Picasso to see one of Picasso’s works at the Exposition Universelle, and afterward the pair remained in the city to enjoy a free-spirited bohemian lifestyle. Paris circa 1900 was a liberating place, and Picasso and Casagemas took in as much of the cafes, cabarets, and general wildness as they could afford. Things became complicated by Casagemas’ love for a young woman called Germaine, particularly when Germaine wanted to break off the affair and could not be persuaded otherwise.