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Guernica by Pablo Picasso (1937).
Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid.
1. It was painted in response to the 26 April 1937 bombing of Guernica, a town in the Basque Country in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy at the request of the Spanish Nationalists.
2. Most of Guernica's men were away fighting on behalf of the Republicans, and at the time of the bombing the town was populated mostly by women and children as reflected in Picasso's painting.
3. Picasso lived in Paris during its World War II German occupation. A widely repeated story is that a German officer saw a photo of Guernica in Picasso's apartment and asked, "Did you do that?", and Picasso responded, "No, you did."
4. Initially, Picasso planned to create an apolitical painting for the Paris International Exposition in 1937, but after the bombings, he created one of the most powerful anti-war art pieces in humankind's history.
Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid.
1. It was painted in response to the 26 April 1937 bombing of Guernica, a town in the Basque Country in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy at the request of the Spanish Nationalists.
2. Most of Guernica's men were away fighting on behalf of the Republicans, and at the time of the bombing the town was populated mostly by women and children as reflected in Picasso's painting.
3. Picasso lived in Paris during its World War II German occupation. A widely repeated story is that a German officer saw a photo of Guernica in Picasso's apartment and asked, "Did you do that?", and Picasso responded, "No, you did."
4. Initially, Picasso planned to create an apolitical painting for the Paris International Exposition in 1937, but after the bombings, he created one of the most powerful anti-war art pieces in humankind's history.