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- World Exhibition
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 Location of the Spanish Pavilion, next to the Nazi German Pavilion, in front (see picture on the left) of the Soviet Pavilion. |
 Soviet Pavilion |
 Night view on the Exhibition from the Eiffel Tower |
 Nazi German Pavilion |
| Communism and Fascism were the two leading ideologies in the 1930's. The two country's Germany and the Soviet Union impressed with two enormous monumental buildings. | ||
 Front cover of L'illustration, May 29, 1937 |
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The Spanish Pavilion was one of the Exhibitions major attractions, even though the building was small in size compared to the monumental buildings of the Soviet Union and Germany. The Pavilion was designed by Jose Luis Sert with the assistance of Luis Lacasa. Opening was at the 12th July 1937. The sculpture from Alberto Sanchez Perez was placed next to the entrance, producing a counterpart to the massive monumentals and the plump (classical) sculptures of the totalitarian states Soviet Union, Germany and Italy. Its inscription was: "The Spanish people have a path, it leads to a star" [ more pictures of Perez' sculpture, opens in same windows ] [ poster and inscription over the entrance, opens in same window ] |
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 View from the open yard, the patio. In the back we can see Pablo Picasso's Guernica, in the middle is the Mercury Fountain of Alexander Calder. To the right side, just outside of the picture, is the entrance area. |
 Alexander Calder behind his wonderful Mercury Fountain |
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 Mercury Fountain |
 Picasso in front of his painting |
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 View from the entrance |
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 Sculptures in the garden of the pavilion (among them sculptures from Gonzales and Picasso) |
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the first upper floor was a exhibition with photo collages containing
pictures of the civil war and the daily life of the Spanish people
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Joan
Miro and his contribution to the Spanish pavilion, "The Reaper"
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Visit the following URL's to learn more about the Spanish Pavilion:
[ Treasures of the World...the Spanish Pavilion ] (english)
[ Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale - Art et Techniques Dans La Vie Moderne ] (french)
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