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.
Pablo Picasso
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist moveme
Bombing of Guernica
…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 killed fighting in…
Picasso in 1962
Picasso with his sister Lola, 1889
Picasso in 1904. Photograph by Ricard Canals
La Vie (1903), Cleveland Museum of Art