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
Picasso Guernica
Guernica in ruins, 1937
Damage sustained during the air attack
Guernica at the 1937 exhibition, with sculptor Alexander Calder and his Mercury Fountain
Guernica
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Guernica, officially Gernika in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part of the municipality of Gernika-L
Guernica (Picasso)
…Larrea's suggestion, Picasso began sketching a series of preliminary drawings for Guernica. On 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the town of Guernica was razed to the ground by German aircraft belonging to the Condor Legion, sent by Adolf Hitler to support General Francisco Franco's troops. Bombs…
The Oak of Gernika (Gernikako Arbola)
Tiled wall in Guernica, the inscription below, written in Basque, expresses the desire to have the Picasso painting of the same name transferred to the city (it is currently exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía).
An aerial view looking south.
Santa María Church