This political masterpiece is Picasso's reaction to the massacre of civilians committed by the US and South Korean military forces in the period of October to December, 1950. About 35,000 people were killed in the vicinity of Sinchon those days.
Referring to Francisco Goya's painting "The Third of May 1808" (1814) which depicts the shooting of Spanish civilians by Napoleon soldiers, Picasso worked in a manner typical of his late art period. He focuses the viewer's attention on certain points: what the soldiers with masked faces are bearing in their hands is not rifles, but something abstract, defining aggression in general; one of them has a sword in his hand that symbolizes the historicity of war; all the people to be shot are women (some of them pregnant) and children, and those preparing to die are facing the viewer directly.
24 January Ibrahim wrote: 'me la pela el cuadro solo estoy aqui por un trabajo de insti'
01 January Kitty from Lantau Island wrote: 'This guy'
03 December Lucia from Sketchpadussyworld wrote: 'That’s not even a beret'
24 November Lucia from Lucialand wrote: 'Lol did she influence the finder logo?!?!?!'
21 November Martha from Nederland wrote: 'Picasso was een wonderkind. Hij kon als 4 jarige al schilderen als Velasquez. Ik heb woman flower als een hele mooie poster thuis aan de muur.'
26 October Sketch from Crashbox wrote: 'This is disgusting, man'
24 October Sketch from Crashbox wrote: 'What a very cute painting.'
22 October Sketch from Crashbox wrote: 'This one looks scary.'
22 October Sketch from Crashbox wrote: 'Man that’s beautiful'
16 March Ryan Cantrell from USA wrote: 'What am I looking at? Picasso with a 9-year-old????!!!! FREAK'
