A German guidebook to a 1937 world’s fair dismissed it as a “hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted”

Find out the Final Jeopardy Answer for the episode airing on Wednesday, July 19 2023!

Today’s Final Jeopardy Category is: Famous Paintings

Today’s contestants are David Bederman, Sean Weatherston and Liz Cotrufello.

Today’s Final Jeopardy

A German guidebook to a 1937 world’s fair dismissed it as a “hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted”

Final Jeopardy Answer

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Guernica

Final Jeopardy Explanation

Guernica depicts the suffering caused by war, specifically reflecting on the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War by German and Italian forces supporting Franco’s Nationalist faction.

Picasso was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government to create Guernica, a large mural for the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 Paris International Exposition, also known as the World’s Fair.

This artwork, now regarded as one of the most powerful anti-war paintings in history, was dismissed by the German fair guide, referring to Guernica as a “hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted” and dismissing the mural as the dream of a madman.

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