Opposing Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco
In July of 1936 the Spanish Civil War started and military officers who were led by Francisco Franco began revolting against the democratically elected Second Republic. At this time Picasso, who was a Republican supporter, completed a series of anti-Franco etchings. The artist expressed his feelings by saying that the military caste was “plunging Spain into an ocean of misery and death”. One of his most notable paintings is “Guernica” painted for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, France. The painting was inspired by an incident in which Nazi German planes that were flying for Franco bombed the civilians living in the town of Guernica. In his painting Picasso depicts a wounded horse, a decapitated soldier,
In July of 1936 the Spanish Civil War started and military officers who were led by Francisco Franco began revolting against the democratically elected Second Republic. At this time Picasso, who was a Republican supporter, completed a series of anti-Franco etchings. The artist expressed his feelings by saying that the military caste was “plunging Spain into an ocean of misery and death”. One of his most notable paintings is “Guernica” painted for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, France. The painting was inspired by an incident in which Nazi German planes that were flying for Franco bombed the civilians living in the town of Guernica. In his painting Picasso depicts a wounded horse, a decapitated soldier,