About 15 years ago, he became more outspoken after encountering, during a visit to Spain, a man who experienced the bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War when he was also 14 ...

The painting, which has aroused storms of both favorable and unfavorable comment, depicts the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica in 1937 by the air force of insurgent General France.

“Guernica,” an 11- by 25-foot painting, is a political, anti-war statement in response to the bombing of Guernica in the Basque region of Spain. Through the symbolic depiction of death and ...

Always: death and destruction. The pain. The horror. At 16.35 on April 26, 1937, the bombing of the small town of Guernica began. Four hours later it was all destruction. (TO P) The dead were more ...

The German Luftwaffe’s bombing of Guernica acted as an example of the military strategy that would be used in World War II. The decision led to the resignation of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) must have been driven by a sense of urgency to paint "Guernica," the theme of which was the indiscriminate bombing of the titular town by German forces in 1937.

About 15 years ago, he became more outspoken after encountering, during a visit to Spain, a man who experienced the bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War when he was also 14 ...