Guernica+(painting)

=Guernica (painting)= //Guernica// is a painting created by Pablo Picasso. The painting is a mural, 11 ft. wide and 26 ft. long. That's one long mural. //Guernica// was finished in mid-June 1937. The mural represents the bombing of the Spanish city of Guernica which occured on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Nazi and Italian warplanes initiated the bombing of Guernica on behalf of the Spanish Republicans and General Franco, because Guernica was seen symbolically as a center of the Loyalist movement in the north.

There were no strategic military targets in Guernica, and most of the men were away fighting, so a majority of the casualties of Guernica were women and children. Picasso decided to go to work and paint a picture to capture the moment and show the horrors of war. The colors of the Guernica are gray, black, and white, so it is a pretty plain painting. Picasso painted this because he wanted to bring the world's attention to the bombing of the Basque town.

//Guernica// shows people and animals suffering along with buildings being damaged. When it first came out, it took a brief tour around the world, making the public around the world aware of the events happening in Spain. The painting, which has since become a symbol of peace, eventually found its home in Madrid, Spain.