This undated handout image provided by The Phillips Collection shows Picasso's "The Blue Room," painted in 1901. Scientists and art experts have found a hidden painting beneath it. Photo: AP Photo/The Phillips Collection
The Hidden Painting's True Colors

Scholars have decided that it was not a self-portrait. ###### Vollard hosted Picasso's first show in 1901. But there's no documentation and no clues were left on the canvas, so the research continues.

Experts have worked to study the painting over the past five years. They have developed a clearer image of the mystery picture under the surface. ###### The hidden portrait is a work the Spanish artist likely painted just before "The Blue Room," curators said.

People have been using other technology to scan the painting for more clues. Favero has been collaborating with different experts. They want to identify and map the colors of the hidden painting. ######

Curators are planning the first exhibit focused on "The Blue Room" for 2017. It will examine the discovery of the man's portrait beneath the painting.

For now, "The Blue Room" is in South Korea as part of a tour.

Picasso Recycled His Art

Hidden pictures have been found under other important Picasso paintings. ###### And conservators found a portrait of a mustached man in another.

Dorothy Kosinski runs The Phillips Collection. She said new knowledge about Picasso and his process can be discovered through the high-tech efforts of museums working together.

"Our audiences are hungry for this. ###### It maybe adds mystery, while allowing them to be part of a piecing together of a puzzle," she said. "The more we can understand, the greater our appreciation is of its significance in Picasso's life."]]>