Guernica is one of the occasions in which Picasso is involved in the social issue and leaves for a few moments his personal life, which is what usually inspires him most frequently. The work is a universal plea against violence and barbarism. Picasso expressed his wish that the painting did not come under any circumstances to Spain …show more content…
The works correspond to those paints made by the artist between 1810 and 1812. Among his paintings is the famous painting Executions of the Third of May. This painting represents the consequences of the uprising: the Spaniards are executed. There is no noise, nothing moves because terror freezes the victims and the determination of the executioners. The exhibition is a mixture of patriotism and fascination, however, the most important tribute is out of tune. In these paintings, Goya does not praise the fervor of the resisters: he shows hanged men, raped, orphans, impaled Spaniards and French axes, naked bourgeois and poor mendicants. That is the face of the war that Francisco de Goya observed, including the face of wars as noble as the