PICASSO-ANNIVERSARY – TELAM Agency
The Picasso Museum in Malaga, the southern Spanish city where the artist was born, commemorated this morning the 50th anniversary of his death with the release of a dove, a symbolic gesture to remember his commitment to peace and his opposition to war, in a context marked by the war in Ukraine and its geopolitical repercussions.
A white dove – a symbol that was born from a commission to the painter from Malaga for the First World Congress for Peace, which took place in Paris in 1949 and which became a resounding success, an emblem for subsequent editions and a symbol of peace, freedom and equality throughout the world – took flight shortly after dawn from the center of the building, in the courtyard of the Palacio de Buenavista.
The artistic director of the art gallery, José Lebrero, explained that the Picasso Museum chose to remember in this way “its commitment to peace and its desire that art serve for dialogue and conciliation.”
According to the institution’s statement released after the release of the dove, the museum decided to focus on this facet of the life of the painter from Malaga because “war conflicts sadly continue to be a topical issue in the world, with the consequent loss of human lives and forced migrations”.
The same text maintains that Picasso “believed that art could play a crucial role in making the world aware of the violence and injustice that wars cause.”
During his life, several of the bloodiest conflicts in history took place in the world: the two world wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. And the violence of those conflicts marked his art and was reflected in several of his World War I drawings and the painting “Massacre in Korea.” And also in the famous “Gernica”, based on the bombardment by Nazi aviation of the Spanish town, which is exhibited in Madrid.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, southern Spain and died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France, at the age of 91, leaving a legacy estimated at around 250 million dollars that includes his work, money, stocks and bonds, and their residences.
He is recognized as one of the most important visual artists of the 20th century: painter, draftsman, graphic artist, sculptor, and a researcher of themes and languages that led him to work with collage and ceramics, or venture into scenery and costumes. .
Source: Ambito
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