The Catholic church commissioned Picasso (an avowed atheist who
was raised Catholic) to paint murals for the Temple of Peace chapel.
Picasso’s mural La Guerre et la Paix (War and Peace), painted in 1952–1954, is housed in a deconsecrated Romanesque chapel in Vallauris, France, which was transformed into a secular "Temple of Peace". These monumental panels, spanning over 100 \(m^{2}\), are considered one of his most significant post-WWII political statements.