GUERNICA

GUERNICA

1. WHEN/WHERE

   • It was painted in Paris in 1937
   • It was created in response to the bombing of the bosque town of Guernica
   • It is the most powerful statement
   • This painting is primarily a war painting offering a visual account of the devastating and chaotic impact of the war on both men, women and children
   • The painting was not to go to Spain until liberty and democracy has been re-established
   • Picasso said this ' I am expressing my horror of the military caste which is now plundering Spain into an ocean of misery of death'
   • IT IS IS AN ANTI-WAR PAINTING

2. PABLO PICASSO

   • HE WAS A VERY FAMOUS ARTIST
   • GUERNICA - created from Mind Map
   • He was born 25th
   • He was one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century
   • He died 8th April 1973 (age 91)
   • He has done a lot of art such as paintings, sculptures,and ceramics

3. SPANISH CIVIL WAR

   • It lasted 3 years from 1936-1939
   • The painting was painted during the Spanish Civil War
   • It was between el frennt popular and el frente national
   • The Nationalist party was made up of monarchists, landowners, employers, the Roman Catholic Church and the army and the Republicans consisted of the workers, the trade unions, socialists and peasants.
   • Cadiz, Saragossa, Seville and Burgos declared their support for the Nationalists. Whereas Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia declared for the Republicans.

4. THEME/IDEAS/SYMBOLISM

5. RELEVANCE

6. OPINIONS