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The way was now open for Franco to emerge as the leader of the Nationalists. He looked to Italy and Germany and with their support combined rebel factions; forming them into the semi-fascist Movimiento Nacional. Franco won the civil war and used his position to dissolve the Spanish Parliament, thus establishing a dictatorship, which would become the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain. He installed himself as Head of State and Head of Government. Franco was able to maintain power in Spain for nearly forty years. During this time Franco systematically suppressed dissidence via methods of censorship and coercion. He imprisoned ideological enemies in concentration camps, sentencing them to forced labour and utilised the death penalty and heavy prison sentences as a deterrence to opposition.It was against this backdrop of violence and oppression that the painting Guernica was executed. display wall A Cubist Masterpiece Capturing the Senselessness of WarWhen Pablo Picasso painted Guernica for the Spanish Pavilion at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937, he had seen photographs of the bombing of Guernica in various periodicals.

He had read the French newspaper L'Humanité, but rather than paint a realistic scene of the crime, Picasso chose to create a stark and direct to the point, poetic response capturing the ineffable nature of the tragic situation. The artist chose to limit his palate to monochrome, perhaps alluding to the harsh images portrayed by black and white photographs, the smoky aftermath of the debris and the dour and dark atmosphere of barbarity and terror that the new mechanics of war had now produced. The painting can be read like a giant poster, describing the nature of the atrocity as it had occurred. Picasso was prophetic as he forewarned of the nature of the terrible war to come. He statically displayed distinct symbols that scream out from the canvas, while utilising the power of distortion that Cubist technique lends. Screams sound out the agony of twisted torsos.There is a bull, with a wounded horse accompanied by a winged bird which formulate a poetic triangle of tension between power and powerlessness. The triad converses with feelings that scream from the canvas as angst erupts from women who are clustered nearby a dead soldier. It is a collage of action snapshots of war. A women holds a lamp as she leans through a window. A mother cries in anguish while holding her dead child. It is a monument chastising the world for creating methods of destruction via newly invented weapons of war and the victims cry to the heavens, flailing helplessly as buildings burn and chaos reigns. It is the starkness of cubist technique that provides the energy and emotion emanating from this huge overpowering mural, rendering it capable of catalyzing authentic emotion. It is a horrified reaction that acts as a mirror.

The opaque surface reflects back to us the same pain we feel when we witness senseless violence at the hand of both terrorists, and governments who react to them with all the more violence. We see the trap within which we swirl as we flounder about in the midst of our modern day confusion. Today, in exactly the same way that Picasso did then, we ask "Why have we created weapons of mass destruction?" What good has this futile blood bath achieved? Portraying the The... Where is the mural Guernica now?The long road homePicasso painted Guernica when he was living in Paris, and he insisted emphatically that his painting not be returned to Spain until until liberty and democracy had been re-established. The mural was therefore housed for exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) after being displayed in Paris. The painting made it back to Spain, in September 1981, and it was first displayed behind bomb-and bullet-proof glass screens for its protection. Originally the mural was on display at the Casón del Buen Retiro in Madrid. The artistic statement has proved to be incredibly popular as it stands as an iconic testimony to the pride and courage of the people it commemorates.

The narrow streets of the city are rich in history, the red brick medieval towers and the Renaissance buildings offering shade to the grateful Cremonese during the heat of summer and glowing red in the sunset of an autumn evening. In the streets and piazzas you will find links to both its commercial and its cultural past, whether it’s the statues of the great Antonio Stradivari in the Piazza of the same name, the house in Corso Garibaldi where he lived and worked from 1667 to 1680, the replica of his tombstone in the Piazza Roma, or the statue to the equally famous Claudio Monteverdi in Piazza Lodi. Moneverdi who was born in Cremona in 1576, wrote one of the world’s first full-scale operas, L’Orfeo, in 1607 and it is generally accepted that he received his first musical training at the Cremona Cathedral.

Town Square, CremonaMari Nicholson The Museu del ViolinStradivari and Amati Opened in 2013 this wonderful exhibition venue and concert hall offers the international community a world of riches. For those who know little of the making of the instrument the magic and mystique is revealed in a walk through the display sections of the museum, Portable Trade Show Booths suppliers from the history through to the manufacturing process. And in the Museo Civico is a world-renowned collection of more than 60 stringed instruments, early guitars, mandolins and lutes.

Being able to gaze on such a rich collection of stringed instruments, the beautifully decorated violins of Andrea Amati and the inlaid masterpieces of Antonio Stradivari, some on loan from private owners, is an experience that can only be had in Cremona.Visitors are led through ten rooms, each one dedicated to a specific period, and in this way the origins of violin making becomes clear through the instruments, historic documents, materials and woods that are displayed. Listen to a Stradivarius Being PlayedMost days it is possible to hear, for a small fee, a short performance on one of the collection’s violins played by one of the young musicians from the Foundation.

To this day, no one knows exactly what happened on that summer afternoon in northern Ontario. How could this experienced wilderness guide who knew this lake very well fall overboard and drown? The mystery has intrigued Canadians for nearly a century, and helped launch Thomson from up-and-coming artist to a cultural icon known today as a member of Canada's famous Group of Seven. Artist Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven Thomas John "Tom" Thomson was was born August 5, 1877, and grew up near Owen Sound, Ontario. After trying several different careers from business to iron worker, he joined an artistic design firm in Toronto, where he met several artists who shared his love of the north. A year later, he left to pursue a full-time art career, and soon was exhibiting his work in shows.Before moving north to Canoe Lake, Thomson often shared studio space and sometimes living quarters with his fellow artists.

They created a new, vibrant style of painting as they set out to depict the wild beauty of the Canadian north in particular.Three years after his death, Tension Fabric Display kit Wholesalers six of Thomson’s colleagues formed the Group of Seven, with Thomson as the honorary seventh member. Reaction to their first Group show was immediate. Harsh landscapes lit by an unusual light captured Canada as it had never been painted before. Once critics got over their shock, the Group was hailed for creating a distinctive Canadian style. Portrait of Tom ThomsonCollections Canada Tom Thomson fishing in Algonquin Park.Photo by Franklin Carmichael [1890-19... Thomson's Death: Accident, Suicide or Murder?Thomson’s death was ruled an accident by a coroner who never even saw the body. It was believed his canoe had struck a deadhead (submerged log), throwing him overboard. Some thought his death was suicide, but he loved his work, was becoming a successful artist and reportedly had just become engaged.Questions arose. How did he get the 10-centimeter bruise on his temple? Why was there blood in one ear, and why was air coming from his lungs if he had drowned? If he was murdered, who did it?To this day, theories abound. People have suggested that German spies, poachers or a rival for his girlfriend could have killed him. Perhaps his favourite paddle, which was never found, was a murder weapon.At different times in 1977, both Ronald Pittaway and journalist Roy MacGregor interviewed Daphne Crombie, who knew Thomson and the others living at Canoe Lake. She told them that her friend, Annie Fraser, told her that her husband Shannon, who owed Thomson money, got in a fight with Thomson during a drinking party and hit him. Thomson fell, hit his head on the fire grate and was knocked unconscious. Shannon Fraser panicked and put Thomson in his canoe, then towed it onto the lake and overturned it.This contradicts an eyewitness who said he saw Thomson paddle away just after noon on July 17, but the man was a quarter-mile away at the time.

Was it Thomson he saw, or Fraser? Head Injury Possible Cause of Thomson's DeathSeveral years ago, researcher Peter Webb visited Canoe Lake to search for answers. He found the lake riddled with deadheads and hidden rocks. He concluded Thomson’s death was accidental.“Thomson had set out to fish on the day he died,” Webb said. “Suppose his line snagged on the log-riddled bottom of the lake and he stood up in his canoe to free it. I have seen many fishermen do a similarly foolish thing. In such an instance, the canoe might have tipped him onto a rock or deadhead, or onto its own gunwale.”Alternatively, he said, “The force of hitting a deadhead ... could easily have overturned his canoe, and a rock or a second deadhead could have knocked him unconscious, whereupon he'd have drowned.”Perhaps the initial investigators were right, and Thomson’s death was accidental. He could have died of a severe head injury acquired when he fell from his canoe. But doubt remains.The truth may never be known, but Tom Thomson remains one of the most fascinating and talented artists Canada has ever produced. Tom Thomson's LegacyNearly a century after his death, despite a very short artistic career, Tom Thomson remains one of Canada's best-known artists.

The Foundling Hospital was created to provide a home for the thousands of children abandoned on the streets of 18th century London. Its founder, Thomas Coram, was a successful shipwright of humble origins who, despite his class and trade, eventually managed to encourage the sympathetic elite of London to support his cause.After many years of struggle, in 1741 the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children – or The Foundling Hospital as it became known – opened its doors to the destitute infants of London. It depended for its maintenance not only on wealthy benefactors but also on artists such as William Hogarth, who contributed their talents to raising funds for the charity. Amongst these artists was the musician, George Frideric Handel.

The Composer HandelPoster George Frideric Handel began his association with The Foundling Hospital almost ten years after its opening. He is mentioned for the first time in the minutes of a meeting of The Foundling Hospital’s General Committee on 4th May 1749. The Committee thanks Handel for“...having generously and charitably offered a performance of vocal and instrumental music to be held at this Hospital, and that the money arising therefrom should be applied to the finishing the Chapel of the Hospital Resolved.”. (1)In May, 1749 Handel conducted his first concert in the Chapel itself. The sell-out performance was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and raised more than £350 for the Foundling Hospital.Handel’s specially-composed piece, Blessed are they that considereth the poor and needy , soon became known as The Foundling Hospital Anthem.

The Foundling Hospital AnthemBy The Academy of Ancient Music Handel’s Messiah at The Foundling Hospital The next year, 1750, Handel conducted a performance of his Messiah in the same Chapel. In order to squeeze more guests into the Chapel, Handel requested that ladies remove the hoops from their skirts and gentlemen remove their swords. Despite these requests, so many tickets were over-sold that many ticket-holders were turned away. Handel gladly repeated the concert two weeks later, resulting in £1,000 from both concerts.After his generous musical contribution to The Foundling Hospital, Handel soon became a Governor of the institution. Messiah, which had not been well received on its first performance in 1743, became an annual event. Despite eventually being unable to conduct due to illness, Handel attended every performance until his death in 1759.

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