Probably Picasso's most famous work, Guernica is certainly the his most powerful political statement, painted as an immediate reaction to the Nazi's devastating casual bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during Spanish Civil War. The large oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed in June 1937 and is now in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, This tiled wall in Gernika claims "Guernica" Gernikara, "The Guernica (painting) to Gernika."A full size tapestry hangs at the United Nations. "When I was first shown the painting, I said, 'That is Guernica?'" Luis Iriondo laughs. "There was a bull and a horse in the picture, and they're not animals we have much round here. If there'd been a cow and a donkey, well, OK." He also noted similarities. he noticed similarities. "A friend said to me, 'You know what happened to Fernando's mother? She came out with the body of his little brother, clutched in her arms.' It's odd that in the picture there's a woman like that."