Storiascopio · Era 11 of 12 · lower secondary year 3
Picasso's Guernica
1937 · Painted in Paris; now in the Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, Spain
In short
On 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the small Basque town of Guernica was bombed by German and Italian aircraft allied with General Franco. Pablo Picasso, who lived in Paris, painted an enormous picture in a few weeks, almost eight metres long, only in white, black and grey. It shows desperate people and animals, a mother with her baby, a screaming horse. Today the work hangs in the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid.
Why it matters It has become one of the strongest symbols of the rejection of war.
Source: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, “Guernica”
Where we are in the era “Early 20th century”
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1903Event 15 of 25about 1950
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/picasso-s-guernica/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class