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Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist

Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist

By Carles Fontserè

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Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist

Length16h 37m

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The political poster explosion of July 1936 has been highly acclaimed by critics and scholars worldwide. One of the best-known posters of the time, "Freedom!" – which has acquired near cult status – shows a peasant holding a sickle aloft, set against the anarchist red-and-black flag. The artist, Carles Fontserè, was just twenty years old when he joined the revolution along with fellow artists and comrades-in-arms, Josep Alumà, Helios Gómez, Antoni Clavé and many others who appear in this account. In his outstanding memoirs, which are more artistic, political and collective than intimate, Fontserè recounts his upbringing in a petit bourgeois family with Carlist leanings along with his experience in the Barcelona Requeté. His thirst for reading led him to the writings of Tolstoy, which inspired his nascent libertarian ideals culminating in his road-to-Damascus transformation during the heady events of the Nationalist military uprising in Barcelona. Fontserè played a key role in the founding of the Professional Drawing Union in 1936 and went on to draw posters for the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) and the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), among other political parties. He served with the International Brigades and, paradoxically, survived several close brushes with death from his own side. His story culminates with the Republican retreat from Barcelona and his escape over the Pyrenees, together with Catalan president Lluís Companys and his cabinet, into exile in France. Fontserè's Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist masterfully combines autobiography and history through the eyes of one of the 20th century's foremost Catalan graphic artists, known worldwide for his Republican propaganda posters. The book of Carles Fontserè's memoirs is not only an excellent translation from Catalan to English, but one central to the history of Catalonia.

Memory Coming of Age Identity Journey Political Intrigue Rebellion Survival Family Espionage Post-Apocalyptic

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Length16 hrs 37 mins

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Publish dateDec 27, 2016

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Dedication

22Antifacist Propaganda on Railway Carriages

2Epigraph

23Social Strife and Mayhem

3Preface

24The SDP: A Hub for Graphic Propaganda

4The Republic and the Requeté

25Revolutionary Cartoonists

5Enriching Experiences

26The Walls Speak Out

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6The Traditionalist Circle

27From Worker Unity to the CADCI Meeting

7The Barcelona Requeté

28From the Catalan Militias to the Spanish Army

8Early Political Drawings

29The Watershed Moment of May 1937

9The Beginnings of a Profession

30From the Rear-Guard to the Front and Vice Versa

10Forerunners of Political Art in Autonomous Catalonia

31Catalans in the International Brigades

111933: A Crucial Year

32Albacete, International BrigadeHeadquarters

12The Revolution of 6 October 1934

33From Cambrils to the Ebro Front

13Graphic Artist

34Between the Propaganda Commissariat and AAA Headquarters

14The Elections of 16 February 1936

35Barcelona, Capital of Republican Spain

15Optimism of the Left

36Last Days of the War in Catalonia

16The Founding of the Professional Drawing Union

37Post Scriptum – The Survival of the Republican Poster

17Not Just Any Summer Sunday

38A note on the translation

18The Solterra-Barbarà Palace

39Index of Acronyms

19The First Posters

40Photographs &amp; Posters

20Colleagues and Fellow Travellers

41Selection of posters by some of the artists mentioned by Carles Fontserè

21Other Professionals and Unions

42Acknowledgements

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