Pablo Picasso's "Guernica"
As an Artist I was deeply troubled to hear the following news. The reproduction of Picasso's famous antiwar mural, Guernica, hanging at the entrance to the U.N. Security Council, was censored in January 2003. Picasso agreed to paint a mural for the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 International World's Fair. Urged by representatives of the Spanish Republic (under siege by General Franco and his Nazi allies), to paint something decrying the fascist onslaught... Picasso was swayed by one particular horrific incident. On April 27th, 1937, Nazi warplanes obliterated the little Basque village in northern Spain called Guernica. Hitler's forces pounded the village from the air for hours, turning it into a sea of fire and rubble. Over 1,600 civilians perished in the world's first sustained aerial bombardment of a civilian population. News of the massacre reached Paris where Picasso was living. Newspapers were filled with photographs of the smoldering ruins of Guernica, and after having seen those photos Picasso began working on sketches for a mural that was to become one of his most famous works. After the World's Fair the mural was exhibited around the world to help raise consciousness on the threat of Fasci
Picasso's work is a chilling reminder of what such military operations would mean for civilian populations. BIBLOGRAPHYAnthony Blunt, Picasso's 'Guernica': The Whidden Lectures for 1966 (Oxford University Press, 1969). au/personal/DHart/ResponsesToWar/Art/StudyGuides/Picasso. It is a civilizing force that erases national boundaries and strengthens human solidarity. Picasso's mural was completely covered and the flags of Security Council were placed before the censored artwork. In the panel on which I am working which I shall call Guernica, and in all my recent works of art, I clearly express my abhorrence of the military caste, which has sunk Spain in an ocean of pain and death. "Australian parliamentary representative Laurie Brereton spoke before the Australian Parliament on February 4th and said the following. Personally, there is no reason for the mural hanging in the U. " As an artiest I found this to be a very moving piece, which really speaks for itself.
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