"Guernica": Picasso's testament to the horrors of war
by Maxine
On September 10, 1981, Picasso's famous painting, "Guernica," was returned to the Prado Museum in Madrid. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the Germans bombed the Basque city of Guernica. The horrors of Guernica were immortalized by Picasso in his painting. He was so enraged by the assault that he refused to let "Guernica" be shown in Spain until the dictator, Franco's rule was over. Picasso said, in defense of his painting, "Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy."
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This is a wonderfully
This is a wonderfully intense painting. If the saying is true that "A picture is worth a thousand words", then this painting is worth a million words.
This painting is a gift from Picasso to all mankind. It is a graphic reminder to all of us of man's inhumanity to man. We cannot forget the horrific episodes of the past, lest we be damned to repeat them again.
I was lucky enough to see
I was lucky enough to see Guernica in New York, before it went to Spain. It is huge in every way. Each part has a representation of the horror in war. I felt like I had been ran over by a truck.