What is "guernica"

Guernica , official and Basque name Gernika, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is united in one municipality with neighbouring Lumo, Gernika-Lumo. The population of the municipality is 16,224 .

Gernika is best known to those residing outside the Basque region as the scene of the April 26, 1937, Bombing of Guernica, one of the first aerial bombings by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe. It inspired the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso.

Guernica is a mural-sized oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed in June 1937. The painting, which uses a palette of gray, black, and white, is regarded by many art critics as one of the most moving and powerful anti-war paintings in history. Standing at tall and wide, the large mural shows the suffering of people wrenched by violence and chaos. Prominent in the composition are a gored horse, a bull, and flames.

The painting was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, by Nazi German and Fascist Italian warplanes at the request of the Spanish Nationalists. Upon completion, Guernica was exhibited at the Spanish display at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (Paris International Exposition) in the 1937 World's Fair in Paris and then at other venues around the world. The touring exhibition was used to raise funds for Spanish war relief. The painting became famous and widely acclaimed, and it helped bring worldwide attention to the Spanish Civil War.

Presumably named after the famous painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso, this Japanese trio from the 1980s specialized in avant-garde music in a retro 1920's and 30's cabaret style. Their early recordings are primarily electronic (using synthesizers instead of traditional acoustic instruments) but their later works are performed by a live orchestra.

The primary members of Guernica were:

• Jun Togawa - vocalist
• Koji Ueno - composer, pianist and violinist
• Keiichi Ohta - lyricist and art director

Guernica is a Spanish Basque town and historical capital of Biscay.

Guernica may also refer to:

• Bombing of Guernica, an attack on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War
• Guernica, Buenos Aires, district capital of Presidente Perón Partido in Argentina
• Urdaibai, a biosphere reserve also known as Gernika estuary

In art:

• Guernica (1950 film), directed by Alain Resnais
• Guernica (magazine), a magazine of art and politics
• Guernica (painting), by Pablo Picasso
• Guernica (sculpture), by René Iché
• Guernica Editions, a Canadian independent publisher
• Guernica, a 1978 short film directed by Emir Kusturica

In music:

• Guernica (band), a Japanese avant-garde musical trio
• Guernica, a 1990s American post-punk / gothic rock band, predecessors to 2000s-2010s group Doll Factory
• "Guernica", a song from the 2000 album Zamiana Pieniędzy na Rebelię by Włochaty
• "Guernica", a song from the 2001 album Dumas by Dumas
• "Guernica", a song from the 2003 album Deja Entendu by Brand New
• "Guernica", a B-side to the single " Made of Stone" by the Stone Roses
• Guernica, a British record label; subsidiary of 4AD

Guernica / A Magazine of Art and Politics is an online site that publishes art, photography, fiction, and poetry from around the world, along with nonfiction such as letters from abroad, investigative pieces, and opinion pieces on international affairs and U.S. domestic policy. It also publishes interviews and profiles of artists, writers, musicians, and political figures.

Guernica 's stated mission is to publish works that explore "the crossroads between art and politics". According to Publishers Weekly, Guernica was founded in 2004 by Joel Whitney, Michael Archer, Josh Jones, and Elizabeth Onusko.

Guernica Inc. has been a not-for-profit corporation since 2009. Lisa Lucas has been the publisher of Guernica since June 2014.

Guernica is a 1937 statue made by French sculptor René Iché.

Guernica ( 1950) is a French film directed by Alain Resnais and Robert Hessens.