Answer:
1. De todo el arte del Museo Reina Sofía, yo prefiero los <em>cuadros </em>de Pablo Picasso.
2. De muy joven, el <em>pintor </em>español creaba arte realista.
3. Al poco tiempo, este gran artista empezó a <em>pintar </em>obras de otros estilos e inventó el cubismo.
4. Su obra más famosa, el Guernica, quiere <em>retratar </em>el horror del bombardeo alemán al pueblo de Guernica, en el norte de España.
5. Según mucha gente, el Guernica es su creación más importante, la <em>obra maestra </em>de Picasso.
Explanation:
1. Out of all the art in the Queen Sofía Museum, I prefer the works of Pablo Picasso.
Pablo Picasso was one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. He was born in Spain but spent most of his professional life in France, Paris being at the time known as Europe's art center. <em>Guernica </em>as well as some other Picasso's works are located in the Museo Reina Sofía, a museum mostly dedicated to Spanish art.
2. In his early life, the Spanish painter created realist works.
Picasso didn't begin as modern. He was influenced by his father and the first period of his art can be characterized as <em>academic realism</em>. There was also a year in his life when he painted under the influence of <em>symbolism.</em> But Picasso wanted to experiment.
3. Soon later, this great artist started painting artworks of different style and invented cubism.
Before diving right into the movement he defined himself along with the co-artist Georges Braque, Picasso introduced and experimented with many innovations of the modern age. Three periods that preceded cubism were <em>Blue period, Rose period </em>and <em>African period.</em>
4. His most famous work of art, <em>Guernica</em>, tells a story about the horror of German bombing of the village of Guernica, in the north of Spain.
The bombing of Guernica happened on 26 April 1937. It was carried out by Francisco Franco's allies, the Nazi Germany and the Fascist Italy, and it occurred during the Civil War in Spain (1936-1939).
5. As many people say, <em>Guernica </em>is his most important work of art, Picasso's masterpiece.
Painted the same year as the bombing, <em>Guernica </em>illustrates the brutality and the horrors of war. Picasso had by then changed multiple artistic styles and his preferred symbol at the time, which can also be seen in <em>Guernica,</em> was the minotaur. The painter wished that<em> Guernica</em> would not make it back to Spain until liberty and democracy hadn't been restored to the country.
