Download Picasso Painting Guernica 1937 Background

Download Picasso Painting Guernica 1937 Background. Why is guernica so famous? In 1937, he produced 'guernica', a painting inspired by the destruction of the town in northern spain by german bombers during the spanish civil war.

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Picasso painting guernica, photographed by dora maar photo from. Reina sofia art museum, madrid. Just the paintings he made that year would be enough to cement any artist's reputation as a master for life.'

Much of the painting's emotional power comes from its overwhelming size, approximately eleven feet tall and twenty five feet wide.

Why is guernica so famous? When world war ii broke out, the artist decided that the painting should remain in the custody of new york's museum of modern art for safekeeping until the conflict ended. This captivated his imagination unlike his previous idea, on which he had been working. ɡernika) is a large 1937 oil painting on canvas by spanish artist pablo picasso.