Picasso's famous painting The Guernica depicts the bombing of Guernica, Spain by Nazi German and Italian warplanes at the request of the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. The black, white, and gray mural-sized painting shows the suffering of innocent people including women, children, and animals and became a timeless representation of the tragedies of war. It is on display at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid with a copy at the United Nations building in New York City.
Picasso's Guernica The Tragedies of War and Suffering Captured in Picasso's Famous Anti-War Painting
1. The Guernica
The tragedies of war and the
suffering of innocent
One of his most famous paintings of
Picasso
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2. The Guernica
The Guernica symbolizes the Nazi air
force bombardment and devastation of
the city called Guernica, this fact
happened before the Second World War.
The Nazi Army used the Spanish civil war
to test their weapons .
Obviously the Nazis fought against
republican jointly with Franco.
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3. The Guernica
Guernica is gray, black and white, 3.5
metre (11 ft) tall and 7.8 metre (25.6 ft)
wide, a mural-size canvas painted in oil.
This painting can be seen in the Museo
Reina Sofía in Madrid.
A copy of Picasso's Guernica is displayed
on the wall of the United Nations building
in New York City.
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4. On April 27th, 1937 at 4:30 PM German Condor bombers devastated the
town and killed 1600 men women and children.
Once, Nazi officers came into Picasso´s apartment in Paris and
saw a photograph of Guernica. The officer remarked with
ridicule, “This painting, you did this.”
“No,” replied Picasso. “You did this.”
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