Pablo Picasso of postcards to raise funds for the Spanish Republican cause. In 1944, Picasso joined the French Communist Party, attended the World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace in Poland, and in 1950 received the Stalin Peace Prize from the Soviet government. Party criticism in 1953 of his portrait of Stalin as insufficiently realistic cooled Picasso's interest in Soviet politics, though he remained a loyal member of the Communist Party until his death. His dealer, D-H. Kahnweiler, a socialist, termed Picasso's communism "sentimental" rather than political, saying "He has never read a line of Karl Marx, nor of Engels of
Political party strength in Massachusetts (P), (PA), (R), (W), (WF), and . Political party strength in Massachusetts The following table indicates the party of elected officials in Massachusetts: The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes, and whether they won the election or lost the election. Each time an official is elected or re-elected, a new box for that official is included to indicate their repeated political party strength. The parties are as follows: (A) , (AA), (AL) (C), (CU), (D),