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Guernica By: Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
• Born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain
• Invented Cubanism • Became one of the most
influential and greatest artists in the 20th century
• He was 91 when he died in 1973 in France
Background of Guernica
• The painting is based on the bombing of the city of Guernica in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
• 1,685 people died• Picasso painted Guernica as a reaction to the
bomb
Guernica
• Completed mid-June 1937• 11.5 ft. tall and 25.6 ft. wide, a mural-size
canvas painted in oil.• It is an example of Cubism and Surrealism.
The light bulb would symbolize the bomb.
Interpretation
Flower in the hand of a dead man.
Colors: Picasso only used black, grey, and white to portray the sorrowful atmosphere and convey suffering and disorder.
The newspaper is how Picasso found out about the bombing.
Interpretation Cont.
• Guernica shows the cataclysms of war as well as the anguish and destruction it inflicts upon people, especially innocent civilians.
• With Guernica, Picasso wanted to establish his identity and his strength as an artist when confronted with political authority and intolerable violence.
Locations of Guernica
• Guernica was initially exhibited in July 1937 at the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris International Exposition
• Given to the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)• Between 1939 and 1952, the painting traveled
extensively in the United States; between 1953 and 1956 it was shown in Brazil
• In 1992 it was given up to the Spanish and put in the Museo Reina Sofia
Lasting Impact
• This painting has attained an enormous reputation over the years, and has become an everlasting reminder of the devastation of war, in addition to becoming an anti-war icon.