It was painted in Paris. The Guernica is now in Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.
Picasso's painting of Guernica, created in 1937, initially received extremely negative reactions. It was dismissed as a hodgepodge of body parts, something a toddler could have painted, or the dream of a madman.
Three Musicians, Guernica, or the Madamoiselles d'Avignon.
Well it was all set in the Spanish civil war in 1937. Franco, a chief of a Spanish army trying to bomb areas around where guernica is, he was great friends with Adolf Hitler and said he could practice bombing with his airforce on the little town of Guernica. So they waited until it was market day so everyone was out-side and they bombed guernica with innocent people with no pretection for abselutely NO reason what so ever. Katie Melua has written a song about this bombing and you can hear it on youtube, Type in; Katie Melua-Guernica. This song reflects how it was just an ordinary day when hundreds of people died for no reason
Because it is a very important anti-war symbol to remind people going to war is HORRIBLE
Guernica was a small town in the north of Spain that was bombed for three hours straight by Hitler during the Civil War of Spain in 1937. Pablo Picasso painted Guernica to symbolize the horror of that Sunday, when many people died for no reason. Hitler bombed Guerica as practice for his military for later on in WWII. To Spain, Guernica represents a time that no one misses.
Guernica measures 11'6" tall by 25'8" long, or 138" by 308".
Because it is a forceful expression of the horror people felt at the terror bombing of the town of Guernica.
Guernica's population is 16,224.
It was painted in Paris. The Guernica is now in Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.
Guernica Magazine was created in 2004.
Guernica Editions was created in 1978.
It is a great treasure, and a large number of people go to the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid mainly to see the 'Guernica'. The museum will never part with it.
Picasso's painting of Guernica, created in 1937, initially received extremely negative reactions. It was dismissed as a hodgepodge of body parts, something a toddler could have painted, or the dream of a madman.
The Bombing of the Luftwaffe on Guernica. War. Hope it helped!
Three Musicians, Guernica, or the Madamoiselles d'Avignon.
Well it was all set in the Spanish civil war in 1937. Franco, a chief of a Spanish army trying to bomb areas around where guernica is, he was great friends with Adolf Hitler and said he could practice bombing with his airforce on the little town of Guernica. So they waited until it was market day so everyone was out-side and they bombed guernica with innocent people with no pretection for abselutely NO reason what so ever. Katie Melua has written a song about this bombing and you can hear it on youtube, Type in; Katie Melua-Guernica. This song reflects how it was just an ordinary day when hundreds of people died for no reason