In June 1937 Pablo Picasso painted Guernica , a mural that memorialized the events of April 27, 1937, the date when Germany supported its fascist ally Francisco Franco and bombed Guernica, a rather remote town in the Basque region of northern Spain. For the Nazis, the military strike was an excuse to try out their latest military hardware, establish a blueprint for terror bombings of civilian populations, and pull Spain into the fascist fold. After the bombing, the republican government on the other side of theSpanish Civil War commissioned Picasso to create the mural for display at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris.
Source: Open Culture
Source: Open Culture