1. El Museo La Reina Sofia

2. Facade of the Reina Sofia

3. The Museum known as the Reina Sofia opened in 1986. The site began as a hospital in the 1700s. Several additions have been added and it has grown over the years. The Museum is named for Queen Sofia of Spain.

5. The Museo Reina Sofia is located near Atocha Station in Madrid. It is part of the Golden Triangle along with The Prado and Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza.

7. THe Museum is mainly dedicated to modern art. Its most famous inhabitants are: Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso

8. La Reina Sofia’s most famous inhabitant Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

9. Born in Spain but lived in France for a large part of his life. WHen young he worked with fellow artist Georges Braque to develop a new art form called “Cubism”

11. Blue Period (1901-1904) The Tragedy

12. self-portrait

13. Rose Period (1906-7) Acróbata y joven arlequín

14. Family of acrobat with monkey

15. cubism (1907+) Girl with a Mandolin

16. Cubism: viewing all dimensions of an object from a two dimensional perspective. Cubism is not concerned with realistic interpretation. Breaking down objects into little panes and painted as if the viewer could actually see them from many positions

17. Studio with plaster head

18. Los tres músicos

19. sketches Don Quijote

20. HAnd with a bouquet

21. Footballeurs

22. Guérnica

23. Inside the reina sofia

25. Guérnica was painted as a mural for the Spanish pavilion at the Paris Expo. It is a protest against the bombing of the Basque town of Guérnica during the Spanish Civil war. (1936-1939)

26. THe attack was orchestrated by Hitler and his Luftwag. It is considered to be the first attack in modern aviation fighting. Francisco Franco, the leader of Spain allowed the attack because the Basque country was resisting his nationalist forces.

29. between 800-1500 dead