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Occupation Of Paris And Many: On the contrary! When life became really unbearable during the German occupation of Paris and many of his friends had to hide from the Gestapo, then this monumental figure became a powerful reminder to everyone that Picasso still had hope and that he still believed in humanity, a reminder which everyone understood.
But the final chord of this period in Picasso's art was still to be played.With the liberation of Paris in August 1944 Picasso was given back to the general public, who welcomed him even more than before: for a long time people had been cultivating an image of Picasso as a true artist, but in addition they could now also admire the moral purity he had displayed during the days of occupation.
The registrar general conventionally divides the population into five social status groups based on occupation. In this division, group I stands for the higher professional and administrative occupation, group III for skilled workers, and group V for unskilled workers, groups II and IV being intermediate occupations. |
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