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

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

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Fantastic breakdown of the work and the history in which it was created. Best channel on KZbin.

[@smarthistoryvideos]

Thank you for the kind words. The history of the fight against Spain for Cuban Independence and the Spanish American War more broadly is largely forgotten and yet it has shaped so much of our modern world.

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There are other channels?

[@cttxmN]

Great job articulating the ambiguity of the overall situation and actors’ expressions. It’s a beautiful illustration of what the civilians and combatants must have felt.

[@christianfrommuslim]

Thank you for historical setting.

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This was super interesting, thank you!

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Interesting to see how the chickens in the foreground mirror the pose of the two men