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  2. Guernica (Picasso) - Wikipedia

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    Picasso painted Guernica at his home in Paris in response to the 26 April 1937 bombing of Guernica, a town in the Basque Country in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Upon completion, Guernica was exhibited at the Spanish pavilion at the 1937 Paris International Exposition and then at other venues around the world.

  3. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - Wikipedia

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    The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. Highlights of the museum include collections of Spain's two greatest 20th-century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso's 1937 painting Guernica.

  4. Casón del Buen Retiro - Wikipedia

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    Picasso's 1937 Guernica canvas, and the sketches associated with its creation, were displayed at the Casón from 1981, when it was delivered to Spain from New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), to 1992, when it was moved to its current permanent location in a purpose-built gallery at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. [2]

  5. Guernica - Wikipedia

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    Guernica (/ ɡ ɜːr ˈ n iː k ə, ˈ ɡ ɜːr n ɪ k ə /, [3] Spanish pronunciation: [ɡeɾˈnika]), officially Gernika (pronounced) in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo ...

  6. Bombing of Guernica - Wikipedia

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    Before the bombing of Guernica took place, Picasso never cared much for anything to do with politics. Once Picasso heard the news he changed his commissioned work for Spain into a reflection on the massacre. [53] Picasso began the painting on 11 May 1937, working on a piece of unbleached muslin (349 cm x 776 cm). Since the work was so large ...

  7. List of museums in Madrid - Wikipedia

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    National Archaeological Museum of Spain; Museum of the Americas; Museo de San Isidro (History of Madrid from prehistory to the transferring of the royal court to the Village in 1561) Madrid History Museum (History of Madrid from 1561 to present day) Temple of Debod; House-Museum of Lope de Vega; Pantheon of Illustrious Men; Platform 0 ...

  8. List of museums in Spain - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of museums in Spain. According to the Ministry of Culture, there are about 1,500 museums in Spain. According to the Ministry of Culture, there are about 1,500 museums in Spain. [ 1 ]

  9. Museo del Prado - Wikipedia

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    Velázquez and his keen eye and sensibility were also responsible for bringing much of the museum's fine collection of Italian masters to Spain, now one of the largest outside of Italy. The collection currently comprises around 8,200 drawings, 7,600 paintings, 4,800 prints, and 1,000 sculptures, in addition to many other works of art and ...

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