Guernica (Picasso)

Artist Pablo Picasso

Year 1937
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 137.4 in × 305.5 in
Location Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
The painting was created in response to the bombing
of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern
Spain, by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italian warplanes
at the request of the Spanish Nationalists.

Upon completion, Guernica was exhibited at the

Spanish display at the Paris International Exposition in
the 1937 World's Fair in Paris and then at other
venues around the world.

The touring exhibition was used to raise funds for

Spanish war relief.

The painting became famous and widely acclaimed,

and it helped bring worldwide attention to the
Spanish Civil War.
Guernica' was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso in 1937. The title 'Guernica' refers to
the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the horrors of
war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war.

Style is also a large component of the message in the painting. Picasso, along with Georges Braque, is considered to be
the father of cubism (Picasso's Life). Cubism is a style of art that displays many geometric shapes incorporated into
abstract designs. One of Picasso's most famous cubist works is Guernica.