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- Greg Beyer
- Salvador Dalí, Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War), 1936. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Salvador Dalí did not take sides during the Spanish Civil War.
- Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937. Get the latest articles delivered to your inbox. Sign up to our Free Weekly Newsletter. It is impossible to examine the art of the Spanish Civil War without mentioning the masterpiece that is Picasso’s Guernica.
- André Fougeron, Martyred Spain, 1937. André Fougeron made his public debut with Martyred Spain, included in the 1937 Salon des surindépendants in Paris.
- Frank Brangwyn, For the Relief of Women and Children in Spain, 1936-37. It wasn’t just Spanish artists who felt the need to depict scenes from the Spanish Civil War.
- Commemorating The 80th Anniversary of The Spanish Civil War
- Republican Versus Nationalist Propaganda
- The Reaction of The Avant-Garde
- Art as A Reminder of The Past
Today, 80 years after the end of the conflict, the legacy of both the Second Spanish Republic and the Franco regime continue to be controversial subjects of political debate. What remains clear, however, is that the three years of civil war had a profound impact on the country’s cultural sphere, as the most prominent artists of the day used their t...
Political propaganda posters have become an icon of the civil war era, as both Republican and Nationalist forces employed artists to rally support throughout the duration of the conflict. Most Republican posters were produced in the socialist realist style, which had already become the official artistic form in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin....
While some artists became directly involved in the production of political propaganda, others chose to pursue more abstract and innovative ways of depicting the turmoil of the civil war era. The most prominent of Spain’s surrealist and cubist painters utilized their signature techniques either to actively take a stance or simply allude to what was ...
General Franco died on November 20, 1975, a date that marked the beginning of Spain’s return to democratic rule. In April 2019, the same month that the country commemorates the end of what was the bloodiest and most divisive period in its modern history, the Spanish people go to the polls to participate in what will be their 14th general election s...
Oct 21, 2024 · The following day the remnant of the Republican government surrendered; Franco would establish himself as dictator and remain in power until his death on November 20, 1975. Spanish Civil War, (1936–39), military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Spanish Civil War involved large numbers of non-Spanish citizens who participated in combat and advisory positions. Britain and France led a political alliance of 27 nations that pledged non-intervention, including an embargo on all arms exports to Spain.
- Jesse Greenspan
- The rebels expected to take control quickly. A cadre of rebel army officers began plotting to overthrow the government as soon as a leftist coalition won Spanish elections in February 1936.
- Franco benefited from the untimely deaths of his rivals. Though a key contributor to the coup, Franco didn’t originate the plot and was never supposed to lead the country.
- The Republicans suffered from severe infighting. While the Nationalists largely united behind Franco, the various Republican factions were constantly at each other’s throats.
- Both sides committed widespread atrocities. From the very beginning, Franco’s Nationalist troops initiated a campaign of terror in which they killed, tortured and shamed perceived political opponents.
After more than two months the siege was raised by Nationalist troops commanded by General Franco. The relief of Alcazar was seen as a great symbolic victory by the Nationalists, and stories of 'red' atrocities towards civilians during the siege were used in anti-government propaganda.
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Jan 12, 2023 · It began on the night of 17 July 1936 – with a coordinated revolt in Spanish-held Morocco by right-wing Spanish military officers that spread quickly to garrison towns throughout mainland Spain, splitting the country in two.
