What Is The Mood Of The Painting Guernica, 1937 By Pablo Picasso?

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Through long observations of the painting Guernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso it seems very depressing, and chaotic. Picasso’s painting is in black and white which gives it a dull feeling, looking at the objects in this painting it looks disfunction. The people in the paintings are deformed,the animals and people are all over the place which express a chaotic and mixed atmosphere. After reading the article from Khan Academy Picasso Guernica my observations are similar to the meaning and reason why Pablo Picasso painted this painting. In 1937 Picasso demonstrated the war in Guernica Spain in 1937, and exhibited his painting at the Paris World’s Fair. In 1936 civil war began in Spain between democratic republican government and the fascist forces

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