Q 01/05

Guernica, the great anti-war mural of 1937, was painted by which artist?

A) Diego Rivera

B) Pablo Picasso

C) Salvador Dalí

D) Joan Miró

Answer · why

B) Pablo Picasso

Many critics call it the most powerful anti-war painting in history; it toured the world raising money for Spanish war relief.

Q 02/05

The painting Guernica responds to a bombing during which conflict?

A) The Second World War

B) The First World War

C) The Spanish Civil War

D) The Rif War

Answer · why

C) The Spanish Civil War

The war between the Republic and Franco's Nationalists ran from 1936 to 1939, and the painting helped bring it worldwide attention.

Q 03/05

To which museum was Guernica moved in 1992?

A) Guggenheim Bilbao

B) Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid

C) Museo del Prado, Madrid

D) MoMA, New York

Answer · why

B) Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid

It moved there in 1992 with about two dozen preparatory works, a controversial step since Picasso's will named the Prado.

Q 04/05

Guernica is painted in which palette?

A) Blue and rose

B) Grey, black and white

C) Red, black and gold

D) Earth browns and ochres

Answer · why

B) Grey, black and white

Some argue the stark monochrome came from Dora Maar's photography, giving the canvas the immediacy of a news picture.

Q 05/05

Roughly how wide is the Guernica canvas?

A) 7.76 metres

B) 3.5 metres

C) 5.2 metres

D) 12 metres

Answer · why

A) 7.76 metres

It stands about 3.49 metres tall, so it needed a studio big enough to hold it; Dora Maar found one on the Rue des Grands-Augustins.