{"id":6442,"date":"2022-04-13T07:36:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/what-to-see\/mural-del-guernica-de-picasso\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:52:08","slug":"the-mural-of-picassos-guernica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/what-to-see\/the-mural-of-picassos-guernica\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mural of Picasso\u2019s Guernica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Calle Allendesalazar, 11<\/a><\/p>\n

Located on the same street as the Gernika Assembly House and the Euskal Herria Museum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \t

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The mural was installed in 1997 to mark the 60th anniversary of the bombing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \t

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The mosaic is a life-size<\/strong> reproduction of the original (3.49 m. x 7.77 m.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \t

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Picasso's “Guernica” first arrived in Spain on the 10th of September 1981. In 1992, after having been on display for a number of years in the Casón del Buen Retiro, it was moved to its current location: the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What does the painting mean?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Countless interpretations of Picasso\u2019s brilliant work abound today, some of which can be found on the Reina Sof\u00eda Museum\u2019s own website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Picasso\u2019s own interpretation<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the meaning of the painting, the artist had this to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c...But this bull is a bull<\/strong>, and this horse is a horse<\/strong>. There\u2019s also a kind of bird, a chicken or a pigeon, I can\u2019t remember exactly, on a table. And this chicken is a chicken. Of course, they\u2019re symbols<\/strong>. It isn\u2019t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must see in the horse and in the bull, symbols they must interpret as they understand them. There are some animals. That\u2019s what they are, animals, slaughtered animals. As far as I am concerned, that is all. It\u2019s up to the public to see what it wants to see<\/strong>\u2026\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What does the inscription beneath the mural mean?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cGUERNICA\" GERNIKARA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the bottom of this breath-taking mural there is an inscription that expresses the wish of the people of Gernika that the painting should be exhibited in the town that inspired its creator: Gernika. It literally means: The \u201cGuernica\u201d in Gernika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bombing of Gernika in 1937: the massacre that inspired Picasso<\/b><\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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The Bombing of Gernika<\/a><\/p>\n

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The town was bombed on the 26th of April 1937<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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The Gernika Peace Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

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This interactive museum takes us back to the 26th of April 1937<\/strong>, the day on which bombs and fire reduced the streets of the town of Gernika to rubble.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does the painting mean? Expert interpretations Countless interpretations of Picasso\u2019s brilliant work abound today, some of which can be found on the Reina Sof\u00eda Museum\u2019s own website: Picasso\u2019s own interpretation When asked about the meaning of the painting, the artist had this to say: \u201c...But this bull is a bull, and this horse is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6321,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-que-ver.php","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-6442","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7558,"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6442\/revisions\/7558"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}