El arte de España es un objetivo de la aviación fascista – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of El arte de España es un objetivo de la aviación fascista. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Its headline claims that Spain's art has become a target of fascist aircraft, a message aimed at foreign visitors and Spaniards alike. Issued in Madrid in 1937 by the Republic's National Tourist Board, the lithograph turns travel promotion into wartime appeal, casting Nationalist aviation, backed by Germany and Italy, as the villain. The war did endanger monuments and museum collections, and the Prado's masterpieces were moved to safety in Valencia and Geneva. Posters like this one framed the bombing of heritage as proof of what the Republic was fighting to protect.
| Created / published | Madrid : Patronato Nacional del Turismo, 1937. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 38 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Spanish 1930-1940.Lithographs Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Carteles de la Republica, no. 539; Palette and the flame, p. 140. Promotional goal: Sp. J49. 1937//Sp. K9. 1937. Forms part of: Spanish Civil War posters at the Library of Congress. |
| Subjects | Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Destruction & pillage. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,781 × 4,672 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220856 |
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