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Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] It is exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. [4]
Guernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso. Probably Picasso's most famous work, Guernica is certainly his most powerful political statement, painted as an immediate reaction to the Nazi's devastating casual bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica, large oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso named for the Spanish city that German aircraft bombed in 1937. The work received mixed reviews when it was shown at the world’s fair in Paris, but it became an icon as it traveled the world in ensuing years.
Pablo Picasso (Pablo Ruiz Picasso) 1937 (May 1st-June 4th, Paris) Room 205.10 - Guernica. An accurate depiction of a cruel, dramatic situation, Guernica was created to be part of the Spanish Pavilion at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937.
Picasso’s painting is based on the events of April 27, 1937, when Hitler’s powerful German air force, acting in support of Franco, bombed the village of Guernica in northern Spain, a city of no strategic military value. It was history’s first aerial saturation bombing of a civilian population.
Guernica. El mural «Guernica» fue adquirido a Picasso por el Estado español en 1937. Debido al estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el artista decidió que la pintura quedara bajo la custodia del Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York hasta que finalizara el conflicto bélico.
In 1937, Picasso created an anti-war painting called "Guernica." Here we will take a look at this modern art masterpiece. It's one of Picasso's most famous paintings, but do you know the story and symbolism behind it?