Spanish Pavilion, Paris International Exposition 1937

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exhibition pavilion modernist building temporary structure

The Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris International Exposition was a modernist exhibition building, co-designed by Josep Lluís Sert, that famously showcased Picasso’s “Guernica” as a powerful statement against the Spanish Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Pavilion, Paris International Exposition 1937 canonical	1
Spanish Republic Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exhibition pavilion ⓘ modernist building ⓘ temporary structure ⓘ
aim	to gain international support for the Spanish Republic ⓘ
architect	Josep Lluís Sert ⓘ Luis Lacasa ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernism ⓘ
artistExhibited	Alexander Calder ⓘ Joan Miró ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ
category	World's fair architecture ⓘ
commissionedBy	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Government of the Second Spanish Republic
country	Spain ⓘ
countryOfExhibition	France ⓘ
demolishedAfter	Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) ⓘ surface form: 1937 Paris International Exposition
designerOfExhibitionLayout	Josep Lluís Sert ⓘ
designFeatures	glass and steel construction elements ⓘ open plan exhibition spaces ⓘ rectilinear volumes ⓘ roof terrace ⓘ
event	Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) ⓘ surface form: Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) ⓘ surface form: Paris International Exposition 1937
exhibitedMedium	documentary material ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
exhibitedWork	Mercury Fountain ⓘ The Reaper (Catalan Peasant in Revolt) ⓘ
exhibitionType	national pavilion ⓘ
floorCount	multiple levels ⓘ
function	propaganda space for the Spanish Republic ⓘ
historicalSignificance	iconic example of politically engaged modernist exhibition design ⓘ
languageOfSignage	French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
notableFor	displaying Picasso’s Guernica for the first time ⓘ using modernist architecture as political propaganda ⓘ
notableWorkExhibited	Guernica ⓘ
openingYear	1937 ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
politicalContext	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
purpose	to represent the Spanish Republic at the 1937 Paris International Exposition ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
theme	defense of the Spanish Republic ⓘ denunciation of fascism ⓘ
usedAs	platform to publicize atrocities of the bombing of Guernica ⓘ
year	1937 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josep Lluís Sert → notableWork → Spanish Pavilion, Paris International Exposition 1937 ⓘ

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) → notablePavilion → Spanish Pavilion, Paris International Exposition 1937 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Republic Pavilion (1937 Paris Exposition)