Guernica: Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," from 1937, is a monumental black, white, and grey oil painting depicting the suffer caused by the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The painting features fragmented figures; a gored horse, a bull, screaming women, a dead or dying baby, and a dismembered solider. Each of these are rendered in a Cubist style, conveying chaos and violence. It's considered a power anti-war statement and a symbol of the horrors of war and oppression. The meaning of specific elements, such as the bull and the horse, remains open to interpretation, but the overall effect is one of profound tragedy and suffering.

War

Mural, Painting

PabloPicasso.org. “Guernica by Pablo Picasso.” Https://Www.pablopicasso.org, 2009, www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp.

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The Estate of Pablo Picasso

Commission

349.3 cm x 776.6 cm