Milicià ferit: el rescat d'una obra insalvable

Exhibition centred on Wounded Militiaman, by Francisco Mateos, a propaganda painting created during the Spanish Civil War with the aim of denouncing its cruelty and exalting the brotherhood among soldiers. The work was conceived to take part in the Spanish Republic Pavilion at the 1937 International Exposition, where Picasso's Guernica was also shown. After its return from Paris in 1938, it was not exhibited again due to Francoist censorship and, subsequently, because of its serious state of conservation. The deterioration of the painting is irreversible and prevents recovery of its original reading. Faced with this situation, the exhibition presents a visual recreation of the work using images generated with artificial intelligence, to restore, as far as possible, the expressive force of the artist's original message. It also explains the material and technical causes of the painting's deterioration and the monitoring and conservation process it requires. Find more information about the exhibition "Milicià ferit: el rescat d'una obra insalvable" on the website of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Last updated: 21/09/2026.