PABLO PICASSO: Guernica

slow art story by The Canvas

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As real-world event unfolded in real-time, Picasso changed his planned commission for the World Fair, to create this classic illustration of the world at the start of the World War 2.

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=genOrnAk5O0

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Room 206.06: The Pavilion of the Spanish Republic

"Guernica"

by Pablo Picasso

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