The year is 1937 and the lunatic Francisco Franco of Spain with Hitler’s war machine carried out practice bombing on the people of Guernica, Spain. Pablo Picasso is in Paris when news of the atrocities hits the papers and thus Pablo finds a meaning for his mural at the Paris Exposition.
Picassos Guernica is an expression of the horrors of war and its effect innocent people whom have nothing in the conflict other than the location where they live. The mural Guernica is a reminder that most of the people affected by war are not active participants but merely simple people going about their lives. The painting is a reminder that politicians cause actions, which effect large numbers of people, for their own egos. Picassos painting shows his fear rather than the terror of those in fray, the painting brings to life what his fears of the bombing are and the results would affect him.
http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/guernica/gmain.html
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