Dove of peace

Creation

In 1949, a few years after the Second world war, gigantic a Congrès of the Paix organized by the world Mouvement of the partisans of peace (of communist inspiration) is held with Paris. Picasso is member of the Communist party after the release, like several intellectuals. In January 1949, PCF requires of Picasso to draw a poster symbolizing the Mouvement of Peace.

Picasso traces the profile of a Colombe, like the Pigeon S white which it keeps out of cage in its workshop and those of the trees of its childhood with Malaga.

It should be noted that in the Christian iconography, the dove represents the Holy Spirit.

Political commitment

Picasso declares itself at that time: “I never regarded painting as an art of simple approval of distraction. These terrible years of oppression showed me that I was to fight not only for my art but also for my person”.

In spring of the same year, the dove of Picasso is affixed on all the walls of the towns of Europe. Thereafter, the symbol will be abundantly used in the propaganda of the Movement of peace, in particular in order to illustrate the posters of the congresses of the World council of peace. The counter-propaganda Anticommunist of the dispensary Peace and Liberté will divert the image of the dove by transforming it into Soviet tank with the slogan the dove which makes boom! .

Anecdote

In spring, Picasso will have a girl with Francoise Gilot that it fore-mentioned Paloma, word which means " colombe" in Spanish.

Be-X-old: Голубміру

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