The Soviet Union were friendly with the Nazis for a while, but that alliance didn't last for a long time. Trotsky, who was a friend of Frida Kahlo's, worked with Lenin and Stalin to form Communists groups. He was exiled to Mexico where he was assinated. The person who exiled him was the leader of the Soviet Union. Germany betrayed the treaty they had made with the Soviet Union and that's why their alliance fell apart. Then the allies helped out. I wish I understood some of this better so I looked online and found a few articles.
- http://www.diplom.org/Zine/W2003A/DziedzicLeake/1900_FG_alliance.html
- http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Treaty_of_Alliance_Between_Germany_and_Turkey
I understand a little bit better what happened leading up to the World War, but I'm not sure how all this affected the art world. I know what happened to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera with Leon Trotsky, but I would be interested in hearing from others who could explain how artists have been affected by war.
Picasso was affected by war and he painted Guernica which is one of my favorite paintings. Guernica is one of his most famous paintings and his largest. It was a Cubist painting showing how terrible war was. It represented the city of Guernica which was bombed during the war because it was a very easy target. Picasso was very devastated by the bombing and war in general.
Picasso inspired me and has affected how I paint paintings.
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