Guernica painted by Pablo Picasso, 1937. Oil on canvas. 349x776cm. The painting was commissioned by the Spanish government to hang in the Spanish Pavilion at the World Fair in Paris, 1937. Guernica is Picasso's answer to the attrocities that were inflicted upon Guernica. It is a powerful work done a grand scale to highlite the futility of war and the suffering that it causes for all.

Posts on the art blog that have discussed the Guernica painting by Pablo Picasso, or posts about Picasso

• Guernica and Picasso - There's an interesting article over at the New Yorker by Peter Schjeldahl about Picasso and his famous painting, Guernica.
• Dora Maar Sells for $95.2 Million - A painting of Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso has sold for $95.2 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The estimate of $50 million was almost doubled!
• Pablo Picasso Dies - On the 8th of April, 1973 the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso passed away. It was interesting reading the article that the BBC wrote at the time. It kind of makes Picasso more of a man and less of a myth, knowing that the artist lived a regular life too.
• Picasso Exhibition in Istanbul Turkey - Pablo Picasso has created quite a media frenzy in Istanbul, Turkey with a major exhibition by the Spaniard being opened this week.
• Pablo Picasso Quotes - After browsing around the internet looking for art news and coming up with nothing much, I decided to just add some favorite art quotes. One can never have too many inspirational artist quotes!
• Picasso Sells Online - An original Picasso scribble has sold at the online retailer Costco.com for $39,999. Costco sells an eclectic range of goods online and have now added high priced original Picasso works to the range.
• Modigliani Movie - I recently watched the Modigliani movie, thanks to fellow artist Leith. I think it's generally a challenging thing for a movie maker to create a film about an artist that is interesting, believable, and not too Hollywood-ized.

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