He painted Guernica when Fidel Castro was dictator to show love for his homeland since he know that he would never be able to return
He painted it in Paris.
oil on canvas
The 'Guernica', 1937.
It is an oil painting, expressing Picasso's anger at the bombing of the town of Guernica.
Picasso realised that he could not paint the bombing of Guernica, the little town, in a realistic way. He wanted to express his own horror.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) painted Guernica in 1937 in response to Nazi saturation bombing of the town of Guernica. It is now considered one of the most famous Picasso paintings and is in the Reina Sofia in Madrid.
The bombing of Guernica, a small Spanish town.
Picasso started in May and finished at the beginning of July. He used oil paint on a large canvas, made lots of sketches, which he used and refused over and over again.
Picasso was living in Paris when the Nazis bombed Guernica, Spain in April of 1937. This inspired him to begin work on the mural, Guernica, on May 1 of that year, which was finished by the middle of June, 1937.
The city that Pablo Picasso painted was Guernica, Spain. This city was bombed during the Spanish civil war.
It was painted as a response to the horrors of war (war protest).
It is called Guernica, after the destroyed town.