Guernica By Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso Born Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso on October 25, 1881in Malaga, Spain Picasso’s body of work is typically categorized into different periods: Blue Period (1901-1904) Rose Period (1904-1906) African-influenced Period (1907-1909) Analytic Cubism (1909-1912) Synthetic Cubism (1912-1919) (also known as the Crystal Period) Everything after his last period was done either in the style of neoclassical or surrealistic style.
Guernica (1937) Mural-sized oil painting on canvas Completed in Paris Regarded by many art critics as one of the most moving and powerful anti-war paintings in history Created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italian warplanes The painting, one of Picasso’s most famous works, brought attention to the Spanish Civil War