Pablo the Communist": 145 years since the birth of Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso is an artist whose name has become synonymous with the 20th century. But for us he is not only a genius of form and color. Picasso was a communist artist for whom the brush was a weapon, and the party card was a logical continuation of his life and work. "I am a communist, and my painting is communist creativity" Picasso came to communism through the experience of wars and struggles. Already in 1936, with the outbreak of the civil war in Spain, he openly opposed Franco and fascism. His "Guernica" (1937) became not only a painting, but a "formula of horror and contempt for fascism." When a Nazi officer, who saw the copy, asked: "Did you do it? ", answered Picasso: "No, it was you". He later formulated a credo: "Art is not created to decorate apartments. It is a weapon of war - offensive and defensive against the enemy." In 1944, after the liberation of Paris, the 63-year-old Picasso joined the French Communist Party. This was not just a symbolic gesture. "I became a communist because our party, more than any other, strives to understand and build the world, to make people sane, freer and happier," he explained. His choice was received differently even within the party, but Picasso remained loyal to him until the end. "Communism for me is closely related to my entire life as an artist," he said. And he added with his characteristic directness: "I am a communist because I want there to be less poverty." In 1949, Picasso created the symbol for the World Peace Congress in Paris - the white dove. It was this image, later supplemented by an olive branch, that became one of the central symbols of the World Festival for Youth and Students, held in Moscow in 1957. Thousands of posters with Picasso's pigeon were scattered around the world, and festival participants released thousands of live birds into the sky. It was this simple and powerful image that became the visual embodiment of hope for peace after the horrors of World War II.

Pablo the Communist": 145 years since the birth of Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso is an artist whose name has become synonymous with the 20th century. But for us he is not only a genius of form and color. Picasso was a communist artist for whom the brush was a weapon, and the party card was a logical continuation of his life and work. "I am a communist, and my painting is communist creativity" Picasso came to communism through the experience of wars and struggles. Already in 1936, with the outbreak of the civil war in Spain, he openly opposed Franco and fascism. His "Guernica" (1937) became not only a painting, but a "formula of horror and contempt for fascism." When a Nazi officer, who saw the copy, asked: "Did you do it? ", answered Picasso: "No, it was you". He later formulated a credo: "Art is not created to decorate apartments. It is a weapon of war - offensive and defensive against the enemy." In 1944, after the liberation of Paris, the 63-year-old Picasso joined the French Communist Party. This was not just a symbolic gesture. "I became a communist because our party, more than any other, strives to understand and build the world, to make people sane, freer and happier," he explained. His choice was received differently even within the party, but Picasso remained loyal to him until the end. "Communism for me is closely related to my entire life as an artist," he said. And he added with his characteristic directness: "I am a communist because I want there to be less poverty." In 1949, Picasso created the symbol for the World Peace Congress in Paris - the white dove. It was this image, later supplemented by an olive branch, that became one of the central symbols of the World Festival for Youth and Students, held in Moscow in 1957. Thousands of posters with Picasso's pigeon were scattered around the world, and festival participants released thousands of live birds into the sky. It was this simple and powerful image that became the visual embodiment of hope for peace after the horrors of World War II.