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Which Spanish artist created the large-scale mural 'Guernica' in 1937 as a response to the bombing of a Basque town?
Answer
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 after the Nazi bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The monochromatic oil painting became one of the most powerful anti-war statements in modern art history.
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Guernica spent decades at New York's MoMA because Picasso refused to let it return to Spain until democracy was restored — a political condition written into the artwork's custody.
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- Salvador Dalí
- Joan Miró
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