My favourite Picasso Picture

This picture is called Guernica, in spite I don't like the Picasso's style of painting, this picture is an exception. I think this is one of the most expresve pictures in the world because it has many symbolism and the artists did not need the use of colours to express the things he wanted to say to the rest of the world with respect to the Spanish civil war. Where there were two politic factions, one of them representing to the old Spain, one monarchist and Catholic; and the other one representing to the new Spain, industrialist.
Republicans (also known as Spanish loyalists) received weapons and volunteers from the Soviet Union, Mexico, the international Socialist movement and the International Brigades; there were even American volunteers, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. The Republicans ranged from centrists who supported a moderately capitalist liberal democracy to revolutionary anarchists and communists; their power base was primarily secular and urban, but also included landless peasants, and it was particularly strong in industrial regions like Asturias and CataloniaThe conservative, strongly Catholic Basque country, along with Catalonia and Galicia sought autonomy or even independence from the central government of Madrid. This option was left open by the Republican government.

The Nationalists on the contrary opposed these separatist movements. The Nationalists had a generally wealthier, more conservative base of Catholic, monarchist, centralist, landowning and fascist interests, and they favoured the centralization of state power. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, as well as most Roman Catholic clergy, supported the Nationalists, while Portugal provided logistical support. Ireland sent 740 men to fight for the Nationalists and was the only country where pro-Franco volunteers outnumbered the anti-Franco volunteers. Despite the declaration by the Irish Government that participation in the war was illegal, 700 of Eoin O'Duffy's followers ("The Blueshirts") went to Spain to fight on Franco's side (around 250 other Irishmen went to fight for the Republicans). On arrival, however, the Irish contingent refused to fight the Basques for Franco, seeing parallels between their recent struggle and Basque aspirations. They saw their primary role in Spain as fighting communism, rather than defending Spain's territorial integrity. Eoin O'Duffy's men saw little fighting in Spain and were sent home by Franco after being accidentally fired on by Spanish Nationalist troops.
Guernica is a small village in Basque country tht was bombed by Luftwaffe on 1937. This picture reflects all the pain of an injust attack in a cruel war.