The painting, which has aroused storms of both favorable and unfavorable comment, depicts the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica in 1937 by the air force of insurgent General France.

TOMAH, WI, UNITED STATES, April 9, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- As Spain marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica, the novel“Haizean” by James Gerard and John Sawkins is captivating ...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) must have been driven by a sense of urgency to paint "Guernica," the theme of which was the indiscriminate bombing of the titular town by German forces in 1937.

The German Luftwaffe’s bombing of Guernica acted as an example of the military strategy that would be used in World War II. The decision led to the resignation of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.

A notable example is in reactions to the fate of Basque child refugees fleeing Gen Franco’s bombers after the attack on Guernica during the Spanish civil war. This month marks the 80th ...

About 15 years ago, he became more outspoken after encountering, during a visit to Spain, a man who experienced the bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War when he was also 14 ...

On a visit to Spain about 10 years ago, he met a man who witnessed the carpet bombing of Guernica in 1937. He had been the same age as Fukahori was when the Nagasaki bomb dropped. Fukahori felt ...

Inspired by the bombing of Guernica, a Basque town devastated during the Spanish Civil War, Picasso’s Guernica employs a stark monochromatic palette to heighten the sense of tragedy, evoking the ...