Guernico By Pablo Picasso

One of the largest pieces of art that Pablo Picasso would complete throughout his lifetime Guernica is also one of the most famous Spanish paintings ever produced.

Picasso painted Guernica as an anti-war protest against the shocking bombing of the town of Guernica in the Basque Country of Northern Spain by Nazi German and Fascist Italian forces at the request of the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.

Displayed initially at the Paris International Exposition in 1937, it was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government.

The painting was later sent on a world tour to help raise funds for the Spanish war relief.

It helped to draw massive attention to the civil war in Spain.