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000345500 1001_ $$aUtley, Gertje.
000345500 24510 $$aPicasso :$$bthe Communist years /$$cGertje R. Utley.
000345500 260__ $$aNew Haven :$$bYale University Press,$$cc2000.
000345500 300__ $$ax, 268 p. :$$bill. (some col.) ;$$c29 cm.
000345500 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000345500 520__ $$aThe fact that Picasso joined the French Communist Party in 1944 and remained a loyal member to the end of his long life presents puzzling contradictions. How can the image of him as a protean genius be reconciled with his membership in a repressive political organization that maintained an authoritarian hold on its artistic community and all but obliterated the freedom of the creative mind? How could the creator of Guernica, lauded at that time as the champion of civilian victims of totalitarian aggression, support the policies of the Soviet Union? This stimulating book is the first comprehensive examination of Picasso's political commitment, his motivations to join the French Communist Party, and his contributions as an active member. Gertje R. Utley assesses the impact communism had on the artist's life and explores how Picasso's political beliefs and the doctrines of the Communist Party affected his artistic production. Utley provides the first account in English of the intricate relations between the French Communist Party and its artists in the years immediately following the Liberation. She then examines in detail the role Picasso played within the Communist agenda, his financial and moral support, his active participation at Party events, and his artistic endorsement of the Party's most important ideological positions during the Cold War years. Addressing Picasso's unfailing loyalty in the face of both the Party's untenable political positions and the opposition within the Party to his art, this book offers new insight into aspects of the artist's thought and art that have been little considered before.
000345500 60010 $$aPicasso, Pablo,$$d1881-1973$$xPolitical activity.
000345500 61020 $$aParti communiste français.
000345500 650_0 $$aArt$$xPolitical aspects$$zFrance$$xHistory$$y20th century.
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