View Pablo Picasso Guernica Original Images. The spanish republic, government of spain, appointed picasso to paint a large mural about the. The inspiration to create the painting came after the town of guernica in basque county located in northern spain was.
The painting is three and a half metres tall by just under eight metres wide, so the viewer is confronted by its images of war, carnage, and destruction on an enormous scale:
Guernica, a 1937 painting by pablo picasso, caused a political explosion across his native spain. In this video the different interpretations of this extraordinary, political painting are explained. ɡernika) is a large 1937 oil painting on canvas by spanish artist pablo picasso. The spanish republic, government of spain, appointed picasso to paint a large mural about the.
