Guernica is one of Pablo Picasso most renowned sketches, demonstrating the tragedies of war and the enduring it causes upon people, especially blameless regular citizens. Picasso's motivation in painting it was to convey the world's thoughtfulness regarding the shelling of the Basque town of Guernica by German aircraft, who were supporting the Nationalist powers of General Franco amid the Spanish Civil War. Picasso finished the sketch by mid-June 1937. The work of art can be found in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.