Elegies to the Spanish Republic

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Elegies to the Spanish Republic is a renowned series of abstract expressionist paintings by Robert Motherwell that meditates on the tragedy and legacy of the Spanish Civil War.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist work ⓘ
painting series ⓘ
artForm visual art ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key series in postwar American abstraction ⓘ
major political work within Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
artisticIntention meditation on political tragedy ⓘ
visual lament for the Spanish Republic ⓘ
associatedWith New York School ⓘ
colorPalette black and white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Robert Motherwell ⓘ
criticalReception widely regarded as one of Motherwell's most important achievements ⓘ
depicts abstracted funerary or memorial imagery ⓘ
exhibitedAt international exhibitions of Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
major museums in the United States ⓘ
format series ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
hasPart Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110 ⓘ
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34 ⓘ
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 57 ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
inCollection Guggenheim Museum, New York ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
various public and private collections ⓘ
inspiredBy Spanish Civil War ⓘ
Spanish Republic ⓘ
poetry of Federico García Lorca ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
mainSubject Spanish Civil War ⓘ
medium painting ⓘ
movement Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Robert Motherwell ⓘ
numberOfWorks over 100 ⓘ
periodOfCreation circa 1948–1967 ⓘ
politicalContext aftermath of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
rise of fascism in Europe ⓘ
relatedWork Spanish Elegy series by Robert Motherwell ⓘ
technique brushwork and gestural abstraction ⓘ
oil on canvas ⓘ
theme legacy of the Spanish Republic ⓘ
mourning and elegy ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
tragedy of war ⓘ
titleForm Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. [number] ⓘ
visualCharacteristic repeated ovoid and vertical bar motifs ⓘ
strong contrast between black forms and white ground ⓘ

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Robert Motherwell → notableWork → Elegies to the Spanish Republic ⓘ
Robert Motherwell → notableSeries → Elegies to the Spanish Republic ⓘ
Elegies to the Spanish Republic → hasPart → Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34 ⓘ
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Elegies to the Spanish Republic → hasPart → Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110 ⓘ
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Elegies to the Spanish Republic → hasPart → Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 57 ⓘ
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Elegies to the Spanish Republic → titleForm → Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. [number] ⓘ
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