Like so many famous works of art, the meaning of Picasso's Guernica is not immediately clear and left wide open to analysis and interpretation. What is the meaning of Guernica, the mural by Pablo Picasso? read more
This is a common question that arises whenever we hear about his great success especially in the minds of art novices. read more
All this has led the painting to accumulate an enviable lineup of museum appearances in Picasso retrospectives across the globe—among them, New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1957 and 1980, London’s National Gallery in 1960, Paris’s Grand Palais from 1966 to 1967, and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1968. read more
Some of Picasso's most famous cubist paintings are "Dora Maar au Chat," "Femme Assise dans un Jardin" and "Guernica." The development of cubism also led to synthetic cubism, in which cut pieces of paper were arranged into compositions. This represented the first use of collage in art. Picasso was not limited to painting in a cubist style. read more