Here are few facts about Pablo Picassoโ€˜s Guernica, one of the most famous artistsโ€™ paintings

  1. If you look closely, you will notice that the protagonists of Guernica are women, perhaps because women represent life and pain. A woman screaming with her dead child in her arms shows the pain, and in another painting, a woman holding a lamp signifies hope.
  2. Ironically, in the year 1990, this anti-fascist art was used as a recruitment advertisement by the Germans.
  3. Pablo Picasso refused to give any explanation on the strong symbolism present in Guernica.

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