Picasso Spanish Revolution Painting

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Picasso spanish revolution painting. P ae b l o p k ae s o us. The most famous portrayal of war in the world the celebrated painting guernica represents pablo picassos infuriating depiction of a spanish civil war. In 1937 the spanish republican government asked picasso to paint a mural for the spanish pavilion at the universal exposition that year in paris. Picassos most critically acclaimed painting guernica played a very important part in the history of spain in the 20th century.

For many it represents the tragic effect war has on innocent lives. When shown a photograph of this painting in the 1960s picasso denied that he had made it and dismissed it as a bad joke by friends recent research has shown to the contrary that it was one of two paintings purchased in barcelona in 1912 by picassos dealer daniel henry kahnweiler from benet soler whose clothing shop picasso frequented. Prominent in the composition are a gored horse a. After world war ii spaniards would hang guernica next to da vincis the last supper as a form of protest against francos totalitarian government.

Pablo ruiz picasso uk. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century he is known for co. An artwork created in response to the bombing of guernica a basque country village in northern spain is made in the classic cubist style with distorted images of outstretched arms mutilated. It is exhibited in the museo reina sofia in madrid.

Picasso painted guernica in 1937 as a representation of the bombing of the spanish town of guernica near bilbao in the north of spain during the spanish civil war. Today guernica is known as picassos most important political painting. Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting on canvas by spanish artist pablo picasso. One year before on the 17th of july 1936 a bloody civil war that opposed the left wing republican government to a right wing military uprising had started in spain.

The gray black and white painting which is 349 meters tall and 776 meters across portrays the suffering of people and animals wrought by violence and chaos. Pablo picasso painted guernica in 1937 for the international exposition dedicated to art and technology in modern life celebrated that same year in the city of paris. 25 october 1881 8 april 1973 was a spanish painter sculptor printmaker ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in france.