Picasso's War. (Nonfiction Audio).PICASSO'S WAR. Russell Martin
SA The story of Pablo Picasso's masterpiece Guernica is told in an account that begins with the fascist attack that leveled the Basque village on April 26, 1937, continues with the artist's structuring of the work, traces the discussions and controversies surrounding it, records its installation in Spain on October 25, 1981, and ends with a stirring essay about its significance. The author has a multifaceted understanding of the painting's context: the book is part political history, part art history, part plea for the end of war, part biography of the complex man who is recognized as one of the 20th century's great artists. A work created in a very short time on a vast canvas for the Spanish pavilion of the World's Fair world's fair: see exposition. world's fair Specially constructed attraction showcasing the science, technology, and culture of participating countries and enterprises. in Paris in 1937, Guernica traveled the world, was displayed for 30 years in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (where it rode out WW II), and now resides in the Reina Sofia Reina Sofia (Queen Sophia) can refer to:
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