"The Scream" by Edvard Munch was created first. Munch's "The Scream," which has become an iconic image of human anxiety, was painted in 1893. Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," a powerful political statement against the brutality of the Spanish Civil War, was created later, in 1937. Therefore, "The Scream" predates "Guernica" by over 40 years.