# Guernica by Pablo Picasso

- Created: 1937
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Where to see it: Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain — https://worldmuseumguide.org/museums/reina-sofia/

Guernica is a large oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, created in 1937 as a response to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the Spanish Civil War. The painting is executed entirely in black, white, and grey, and depicts scenes of suffering — a screaming horse, a dying bull, dismembered bodies, and a mother holding a dead child. It is displayed at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain. It is widely regarded as one of the most powerful anti-war statements in Western art history.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/guernica/ — World Museum Guide.