18+ Guernica (1937) – Pablo Picasso Background. Guernica, picasso's most important political painting, has remained relevant as a work of art and as a symbol of protest, and it kept the memory of the basque town's nightmare alive. Pablo picasso, guernica, 1937, oil on canvas, 349 cm × 776 cm.

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In 1936, a civil war began in spain between the democratic republican government and fascist forces. It is one of his best known works. Madrid, museo nacional centro de arte reina sofia.

In this video the different interpretations of this extraordinary, political painting are explained.

Guernica was ordered to picasso from the spanish government which was going to place it on the world exhibition in paris. In 1936, a civil war began in spain between the democratic republican government and fascist forces. Pablo picasso's guernica painting displayed at the reina sofia museum in madrid. Oil painting on canvas genre: