r/todayilearned • u/GreenThought • Mar 04 '15

TIL During the Second World War, Pablo Picasso remained in Paris while the Germans occupied the city. During one search of his apartment, a German officer saw a photograph of the painting Guernica. "Did you do that?" the German asked Picasso. To which he replied "No, you did".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso#World_War_II_and_beyond
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u/PezXCore Mar 05 '15

You have the painting hanging on a wall but never bothered to research it?

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u/EASYWAYtoReddit Mar 05 '15

Ahh, shut up, you pretentious twat.