Get Original Pablo Picasso Guernica Painting Background. Pablo picasso's motivation for painting the scene in this great work was the news of the german aerial bombing of the basque town whose name guernica has attracted a number of controversial interpretations, doubtless due in part to the deliberate use in the painting of only greyish tones. This may reflect his initial encounter with the original newspaper reports and photographs in black and white;

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With a career that spanned 79 years. Find more works of this artist at picasso created some of the greatest 20th century paintings, several of which have achieved iconic status (les demoiselles d'avignon, guernica. Pablo picasso original oil painting 8 x 10 by noel hatfield.

This may reflect his initial encounter with the original newspaper reports and photographs in black and white;

The painting captures the destruction of a village in northern spain as part of the spanish civil war. Spanish draftsman, painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Early work, blue period, rose period, african period, cubism, neoclassicism, surrealism, and later work. Guernica by pablo picasso (1937):