Bombing of Guernica
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On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out at the behest of Francisco Franco's rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi
Ruins of Guernica (1937)
A Luftwaffe 1 kg incendiary bomb dated 1936
George Steer's report in The Times
Mural in Guernica based on the Picasso painting. Basque nationalists advocate that the painting be brought to the town, as can be seen in the slogan underneath.
Guernica (Picasso)
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Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. It
Bombing of Guernica
…who later died of their injuries in hospitals or whose bodies were discovered buried in the rubble. The bombing is the subject of the anti-war painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso, which was commissioned by the Spanish Republic. It was also depicted in a woodcut by the German artist Heinz Kiwitz, who was later…
Picasso Guernica
Damage sustained during the air attack
Guernica at the 1937 exhibition, with sculptor Alexander Calder and his Mercury Fountain