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                              Guernica - Picasso

 

                               

 

Author: Pablo Picasso

Title: Guernica

Year of creation: 1937

Technique: Oil painting

 

Pablo Picasso's painting GUERNICA, is not only an outstanding work of art, but also an anti-war icon, a symbol of opposition to war. In it, the artist depicted the tragedy of the bombed Basque city of Guernica in 1937. Referring to and condemning the Guernica raid, he issued a timeless painterly anti-war manifesto.

 

'Guernica' has been called one of the most moving paintings in history. The painter used only white, black and grey. There is no other colour here. Picasso used matt paints to create the painting. The colours of the painting can be closely compared to old war photographs. Picasso worked on the painting for 35 days, but he had helpers. John Ferren, an American artist, sketched along with him, and all Picasso's work was captured by Dora Maar, a photographer.

 

The painting shows the death and horror of people during a bombing in wartime. The artist showed the tragedy through painted remains and crying women. This is not an easy work to read. Elements of the painting even to overlap. The figures are deformed, yet give the impression of being in motion. The victims are people and animals. On the left, a despairing mother with a dead child is shown and, at the bottom of the painting, a dead soldier with a broken sword. On the right, three figures are shown: a kneeling woman, a person with a drawn candle and a figure trapped in a burning building.

 

 

 

Victims-ofiary

Elements of the painting even to overlap.-elementy obrazu nachodzą na siebie

Compared-zbiżone

sketched along - naszkicowany wzdłuż

 

Michał Ratecki 8a