These chambers operated during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, and were the work of communists fighting for the government side as it battled troops under fascist Gen. Francisco Franco.

War and the art of surrealism 03:38. ... "It was hard to ignore the fact that Hitler in 1933 becomes chancellor, and then that the Spanish Civil War starts in 1936.

Sánchez enthusiastically attempts to offer insight and provide a comparative iconographic analysis of the photography of violence from the Spanish Civil War, conceding that this is “the most ...

MOIA, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish artist Eugenio Merino and a U.S. art collective used a lifelike replica of Spanish dictator ...

On Sunday, the Spanish cultural centre “Instituto Cervantes” in Amman launched an exhibition that will last until September 12. The exhibition presents the drawings and related texts produced by Luis ...

As the Spanish Civil War raged between 1936 and 1939, Republican forces took hold of thousands of paintings and sculptures, as well as other valuables, to safeguard them from the conflict.

Glazer wrote his Spanish Civil War songs in the 1930s and '40s and recorded them in the 1960s. On October 14, Smithsonian Folkways will re-release those recordings on a two-volume set of 24 tracks ...

Ángeles Flórez Peón, memory keeper of Spanish Civil War, dies at 105. She aided leftist guerrillas as a teenager in the 1930s and then led political resistance from self-exile against the ...

Julian Zabalbeascoa on rediscovering the Spanish Civil War and his own family lore The author, a child of Basque immigrants, built his debut novel on research and memory Print this Article ...