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"On April 26, 1937, in the late afternoon of a busy market day in the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain, the German Luftwaffe began the relentless bombing and machine-gunning of businesses, homes, and villagers at the request of General Francisco Franco and his rebel forces. Three and a half hours later, the village lay in ruins, its population decimated.". "This act of terror and unspeakable cruelty - the first deliberate, large-scale attack against a nonmilitary target in modern warfare - outraged the world, and one man in particular. Pablo Picasso, a Spanish expatriate living in Paris, responded immediately to the devastation in his homeland by creating the canvas that would become widely considered the greatest artwork of the twentieth century - Guernica.". "Weaving themes of conflict and redemption, of the horrors of war and the power of art to transfigure tragedy, Russell Martin follows this renowned masterwork from its fevered inception through its journey across decades and continents - from Europe to America and, finally and triumphantly, to democratic Spain. Full of historical sweep and deeply moving human drama, Picasso's War features some of the century's most m

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Author
Russell Martin; Pablo Picasso
Publisher
Dutton Adult
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9780525946809
Category
art
Subjects
Fiction, Memoir, History
Rating
3.89 / 5 (43 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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