Throughout the Spanish Civil War both the Republicans and Nationalists used posters and propaganda to defend their cause. It helped mobilize troops, display political agendas and getting people involved in the war.

While some artists became directly involved in the production of political propaganda, others chose more abstract and innovative ways of portraying the pain and death of the civil war era. The most prominent of Spain’s surrealist and cubist painters used their signature techniques either to actively take a stance or simply allude to what was happening around them. Whichever the case, the civil war had a great impact on the artwork created during this time.  Pablo Picasso or Joan Miró were examples

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