Title of painting: Dove of Peace
Name of artist: Pablo Picasso
Country of origin: East Berlin, Germany
Context: This scarf originally done by Pablo Picasso was done in August 1951 in Berlin for the World Festival of Youth. Because this was done at the time of the cold war and he was a member of the communist party, Picasso avoided using overtly communist symbolism in his work and refused to work in the socialist realist style favoured by the party. What inspired Picasso to create this was because of the war and the conflict with racial acceptance. With this along with his other work he popularized the peace sign and the emphasis on world peace.
Artist: The “Dove of Peace” was done by Pablo Picasso and is a famous symbol for peace today. Coming from a family that valued and practiced art, he was exposed to it at an early age. His father was an art teacher and painter and when Picasso started sketching at an early age, it was clear he had a natural talent. By his early teen years Picasso had exceeded his father’s abilities. After numerous art schools attended, he moved to France where he opened his own art studio. Soon followed the death of his close friend which triggered his famous “Blue Period”. Depressed and lost, he depicted paintings of pain, poverty, and isolation. This lasted him about five years until he met the love of his life, Fernande Olivier, and moved into his “Rose Period”. Picasso painted portraits and warmer colored art during this time and ultimately led to his well known Cubism style art phase. He faced many hardships including his father’s death, war, and fought off depression. Even with all these situations, Picasso still is considered one of the most amazing artists and has left a huge impact on our world today.
Analysis: This scarf, Dove of Peace, created by Pablo Picasso was originally for the 3rd World Festival of Youth & Students for Peace. The message that was chanted along with the scarf was “For Peace and Friendship- Against Nuclear Weapons”. The scarf includes faces from around the world surrounding the iconic peace dove in the middle. The painting assigns different skin colors for the four people surrounding the dove, and that resembled people from all over the world. Peace is when everyone works together in harmony and treating everyone with the same respect. This scarf clearly shows the importance of international peace and how people from all over the world should come together and accept each other’s help.
Theme: Despite the title, Dove Of Peace, being self explanatory and visibly relating to the theme of Chalk Festival, the artwork itself that Pablo Picasso has created on the scarf for the 'World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace' contains certain elements shown throughout the scarf that relates to the theme of peace as well. Around the the artwork on the scarf in multiple languages reads "Peace for all nations." The scarf also presents four different faces in white, brown, yellow, and red representing cultural diversity and equality creating peace for all, that then surrounds a white dove which does generally symbolize peace.
Members of Group:
Name of artist: Pablo Picasso
Country of origin: East Berlin, Germany
Context: This scarf originally done by Pablo Picasso was done in August 1951 in Berlin for the World Festival of Youth. Because this was done at the time of the cold war and he was a member of the communist party, Picasso avoided using overtly communist symbolism in his work and refused to work in the socialist realist style favoured by the party. What inspired Picasso to create this was because of the war and the conflict with racial acceptance. With this along with his other work he popularized the peace sign and the emphasis on world peace.
Artist: The “Dove of Peace” was done by Pablo Picasso and is a famous symbol for peace today. Coming from a family that valued and practiced art, he was exposed to it at an early age. His father was an art teacher and painter and when Picasso started sketching at an early age, it was clear he had a natural talent. By his early teen years Picasso had exceeded his father’s abilities. After numerous art schools attended, he moved to France where he opened his own art studio. Soon followed the death of his close friend which triggered his famous “Blue Period”. Depressed and lost, he depicted paintings of pain, poverty, and isolation. This lasted him about five years until he met the love of his life, Fernande Olivier, and moved into his “Rose Period”. Picasso painted portraits and warmer colored art during this time and ultimately led to his well known Cubism style art phase. He faced many hardships including his father’s death, war, and fought off depression. Even with all these situations, Picasso still is considered one of the most amazing artists and has left a huge impact on our world today.
Analysis: This scarf, Dove of Peace, created by Pablo Picasso was originally for the 3rd World Festival of Youth & Students for Peace. The message that was chanted along with the scarf was “For Peace and Friendship- Against Nuclear Weapons”. The scarf includes faces from around the world surrounding the iconic peace dove in the middle. The painting assigns different skin colors for the four people surrounding the dove, and that resembled people from all over the world. Peace is when everyone works together in harmony and treating everyone with the same respect. This scarf clearly shows the importance of international peace and how people from all over the world should come together and accept each other’s help.
Theme: Despite the title, Dove Of Peace, being self explanatory and visibly relating to the theme of Chalk Festival, the artwork itself that Pablo Picasso has created on the scarf for the 'World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace' contains certain elements shown throughout the scarf that relates to the theme of peace as well. Around the the artwork on the scarf in multiple languages reads "Peace for all nations." The scarf also presents four different faces in white, brown, yellow, and red representing cultural diversity and equality creating peace for all, that then surrounds a white dove which does generally symbolize peace.
Members of Group:
- Claire K.
- Anun M.
- Sebastiana R.
- Charisma B.
Curator's Note: This is not a recreation of Picasso's Dove of Peace. Circumstances led this group to recreate their second choice of paintings. Details will follow.