Guernica (Picasso) in political commitment and faulted it for not offering a vision of a better future. In contrast, Morgado's painting was a great success with Spanish Communists and with the public. The art critic Clement Greenberg was also critical of "Guernica", but for different reasons. In a later essay, Greenberg termed "Guernica" "jerky" and "too compressed for its size", and compared it unfavorably to the "magnificently lyrical" "The Charnel House" (1944–48), a later antiwar painting by Picasso. Among the painting's admirers were the art critic Jean Cassou and the poet José Bergamín, both of whom praised the painting as quintessentially Spanish.
Political party strength in California Political party strength in California California is largely a Democratic stronghold and one of the three largest Democratic states in presidential elections alongside New York and Illinois. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of California: The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Note that ties on the Board of Equalization are broken by the vote of the State Controller. The parties are as follows: (A), (AM), (CU), (D), (I), (NP),