It wasn't just Spanish artists who felt the need to depict scenes from the Spanish Civil War. Many artists abroad saw what was happening in Spain as a precursor to what would happen in the rest of Europe.
Frank Brangwyn's For the Relief of Women and Children in Spain shows helpless children clinging to a woman who represents hope. Meanwhile, the city they are evacuating burns in the background. Instead of focusing on fighting, the artist has focused on the real aspect of civilian suffering as a way to respond to the dangers of modern, international war.
