Menocal, Campesino y soldado español (Peasant and Spanish soldier) - revision

Armando García Menocal, Campesino y soldado español (Peasant and Spanish soldier), 1902, oil on canvas, 43.2 x 64.8 cm (Collection of Emilio and Sylvia M. Ortiz) on display in the exhibition, 1898: Visual Culture and U.S. Imperialism in the Carribean and the Pacific at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Speakers: Dr. Taína Caragol, Curator of Painting and Sculpture and Latino Art and History, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and Dr. Beth Harris

[@Sasha0927]

Right on time for this one! I'm always surprised by your more history intensive videos, but there was much to learn! This is the most I've heard about Cuban independence, which I admit is kinda sad, but I appreciate too. And what a role reversal this turned out to be! You assume domineering, powerful soldier, but this turned out to be an ironic acknowledgement of the limits of power / a nod to the power of the people. Good stuff. 🙂

[@daveyost1567]

Thanks for posting all these great works from the 1898 Smithsonian exhibition. It's a shame I couldn't see it in person, but I'm glad your videos are still sharing it with the rest of us.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

It was a wonderful show, the intensive research by the curators was apparent throughout. The catalog is quite good too, if you can get your hands on one.

[@curiousworld7912]

Amazing work, depicting a history of which I was unfamiliar. Thanks. :)

[@jhnndrs8832]

Please visit the National museum in Stockholm Sweden!

[@smarthistory-art-history]

That would be fun!