https://charlottedc.net/cms/files/original/209b24ed6f74e563e42675144abc84cb.jpg 941ff99086af67431a91081b287f167a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artists Description An account of the resource Who were the artists who made some of the most recognizable public art in the former GDR? Surprisingly, they were not all from the GDR, and some even came from Western Europe. Why did they make their art? Learn about their lives and motivations. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Josep Renau Subject The topic of the resource Josep Renau, Spanish artist active in the GDR Description An account of the resource Josep Renau Berenguer made one of the GDR's most recognizable public mosaics, but he was born in Valencia, Spain in 1907. <span>From 1919 to 1925, </span><span>Renau studied at the </span><span>San Carlos Art Academy</span><span> in Valencia. He </span>was in charge of the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 World Exposition in Paris and commissioned Pablo Picasso's <em>Guernica</em> for it. Renau was a communist and opposed General Franco. As a result, he was forced to flee Spain in 1939 to avoid a death sentence and ended up in Mexico. In Mexico, he made film posters, photomontages, and murals, including collaborations with David Alfaro Siqueiros.<br /><br /><p>In 1958, he moved to the GDR. During his time there, he made mural mosaics that can still be seen in Halle (Saale), Erfuhrt, and Halle-Neustadt. Renau’s exile ended in 1976, and he returned to Spain to work. However, when his health started to decline in 1982, he returned to the GDR and died in a hospital in East Berlin.</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ricardo Martín, photographer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived La Pajarera Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Ricardo Martín artists DDR exile GDR mosaic mural Spain