Guernica: Testimony of War

Guernica: Testimony of War It is modern art's most powerful antiwar statement... created by the twentieth century's most well-known and least understood artist.  But the mural called Guernica is not at all what Pablo Picasso has in mind when he agrees to paint the centerpiece for the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 World's Fair. For three months, Picasso has been searching for inspiration for the mural, but the artist is in a sullen mood, frustrated by a decade of turmoil in his personal life and dissatisfaction with his work.  The politics of his native homeland are also troubling him, as a brutal civil war ravages Spain. Republican forces, loyal to the newly elected government, are under attack from a fascist coup led by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Franco promises prosperity and stability to the people of Spain. Yet he delivers only death and destruction. more here: http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html