Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

by Miriam McKinnie Hofmeier

A shrouded female figure sits holding her head in apparent grief.  Her face is hidden from view, but we know by the attitude of her head and body that she is in emotional pain. 

Compare this lithograph to Rockwell Kent’s And Women Must Weep  (1937).  What attitudes toward women and war do Kent and McKinnie Hofmeier share?  Does the fact that Kent is a man and Hofmeier is a woman make a visible difference in the way each has chosen to represent the subject?