Picasso's masterpiece was created in 1937—but it took decades, including a stop in a German-Jewish refugee gallery, for the painting to make its way home.
I have seen this painting. It isn’t just one black and one white, but shades of black and shades of white, as you say. Chaotic and horrible and beautiful, all at the same time. I’ve never before or since seen a painting that made me feel so powerfully and so desperately conflicted. But of course, that is the point. Well done, Picasso - and well done, you, for having brought it to our attention again today. Thank you for the reminder of what war really does.
I've visited Gernika/Guernica a few times when doing my Basque tours. There's a small-scale copy of Picasso's work there. It's always a moving experience to walk through the town and see the photographs of the damage from that horrific event.
I have seen this painting. It isn’t just one black and one white, but shades of black and shades of white, as you say. Chaotic and horrible and beautiful, all at the same time. I’ve never before or since seen a painting that made me feel so powerfully and so desperately conflicted. But of course, that is the point. Well done, Picasso - and well done, you, for having brought it to our attention again today. Thank you for the reminder of what war really does.
I've visited Gernika/Guernica a few times when doing my Basque tours. There's a small-scale copy of Picasso's work there. It's always a moving experience to walk through the town and see the photographs of the damage from that horrific event.
Another story you rescue with insight and verve. Excellent.