Between 1939 and 1942 more than 25,000 refugees fleeing the fascist regime of Francisco Franco came to Mexico at the end of the Spanish Civil War. The Museo Kaluz currently has a special exhibit of the artwork created by some of those refugees.
The pieces in the first section of the exhibit depict the exodus of the refugees across the border from Spain into France and the inhumane conditions in which they were forced to live in concentration camps in France. I found this section especially interesting. You may remember that I recently read a novel by Isabel Allende which dealt with refugees from the Civil War. One of the characters ended up in a concentration camp after crossing the border.
Francisco Moreno Capdevila
"Exodus"
1960
An artist by the name of Francisco Marco Chilet did a series of drawings while interned in a French concentration camp in 1939.
"Apprehension"
"Prisoners and Guards"
"Five Companions in the Concentration Camp"
"Lamentations Around a Guitar"
The next section was of artwork done by refugees portraying their new homeland of Mexico.
José García Narezo
"Four Indigenous Women"
1985
Aurelio Arteta
"Prayer"
1940
Juan Eugenio Mingorance
"Indigenous Women"
1976
José Bardasano
"View of Popocatépetl"
1940
Gerardo Lizarraga Istúriz
"Janitzio, Michoacán"
1970
The final section reflects the nostalgia which the refugees felt for their homeland of Spain.
Arturo Souto
"Interior of a House in Galicia"
1964
Francisco Camps-Ribera
"Gypsies"
1939
José Bardasano
no title
date unknown
Gerardo Lizarraga Istúriz
"History of the Ball Game"
date unknown
There was still one more exhibit to see at the Museo Kaluz.
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