Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica, and the Masterpiece That Changed the World

Russell Martin, the bestselling author of Beethoven's Hair, weaves politics, history, art, and science into a stirring narrative of the monumental canvas that was to become the most important artwork of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso, enraged by Hitler's bombing of Guernica in northern Spain on April 26, 1937, responded to the devastation in his homeland by beginning work on Guernica, a painting that became his masterpiece and perhaps the most eloquent visual statement in opposition to war…