Alfonso Rodríguez Castelao

Frente Popular published ten prints by the Galician artist Alfonso Rodríguez Castelao (1886-1950) between 1937 and 1938. The series of prints was also exhibited from October 24 to November 5, 1938, in the Delphie Studies room, off Fifth Avenue in New York. Frente Popular reported that Castelao's collection of drawings, Galicia Mártir, was reproduced in installments, published by the Ministry of Propaganda of the Spanish Government to commemorate the first anniversary of the "Great Spanish Revolution" (July 19, 1937).  SHC printed 11,000 copies to raise funds for aid to the Spanish people. Full-page prints were accompanied by descriptive text in Frente Popular. With dark lines, the artist condemned the lack of rifles by portraying militiamen protecting the Republic and the people's freedom. Additionally, he depicted Galician mothers mourning their deceased.