Guerrilla, a painting by Pablo Picasso is perhaps one of his moss t famous works. It gained its rise to fame when it was taken o n a worldwide tour. However, something that is not very well known about this certain piece of artwork is the political message behind it. Apparently, the painting is a tribute to the town of Guerrilla, which is located in Spain. In the year of 1937, Nazis bombed d Guerrilla for practice purposes. This was also during the Spanish Civil War. The painting portrays the effects of war and what a tragedy it really is.
It is paint De in a black, white and grayscale fashion of colors. One can assume that Pica so painted in these colors rather than bright colors to get his point across s more efficiently. It was not done to show that war is just black and white. I f anything, the absence of color does nothing but emphasize and intensify all of the pure, raw, and uncut emotion. The painting shows Picasso opinion on bullfighting as well. Guerrilla is also a tribute to Picasso homeland, which is Spain. This is why you c an see so much emotion behind the characters in this piece of art.
Many of the p people in this work (if they are not corpses already) have their heads back, screaming in pain and pure agony. Picasso aim was to show all of the pain that the bombers had caused. Picasso painting style was extremely unique. He not only fathered and pioneer d cubism, but he also made large contributions to surrealism as well as symbolism m. The way that the people, animals, and objects in Guerrilla are painted makes the work special.
