Guernica: What inspired Pablo Picasso's masterpiece? BBC News -Short Version
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During the Spanish Civil War, Francisco Franco's rebel Nationalist faction, by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's
Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name 'Operation Rügen' bombing the Basque
Village of Guernica slaughtered a thousand women and children to send a political message to the standing leadership.
The operation opened the way to Franco's capture of Bilbao and his victory in northern Spain.
Picasso Guernica detail: Woman grieving holding dead child
Pablo Picasso - Guernica (1937) -Long Version :
. Triangulated Tension Depicts Political Opposition
Cubism adds to the agitation and emption depicted in Picasso's lost heritage.
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https://www.artlovingitaly.com/picasso-guernica-art-antiwar-message/ Ruins of Guernica (1937) Basque Country, Spain after Nazi Bombing Planned by National Defence Junta
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