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Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya is well-known for his Disasters of War series, in which he depicted the Spanish uprising against the French army that was occupying Spain. For this series he used the technique of etching to create gruesome scenes from the violent conflict.
Read the information on the following document about this series and how it was made.
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Images
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Art as protest
Art as protest
Picasso's masterpiece Guernica is one of the most recognised artworks in history. It made its first appearance at the 1937 Paris International Exhibition and created quite a stir with its strong political message against the war atrocities committed by Franco during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).
Ben Quilty
Ben Quilty
Art as documentary
Art as documentary
Australian Artist, Ben Quilty, was the Australia's official war artist of the Afghanistan War. Australia sends official artists to every conflict that it's involved in to give their perspective of the war and instil freedom of expression in the national psyche. Read the sheet to the right and complete the activities.
Australian official war artistsInfluential Artists
Influential Artists
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