Luis Quintanilla: The Drawings of Jail

Luis Quintanilla: The Drawings of Jail. "...On the night of October 5, 1934, Quintanilla was arrested in his studio for being a member of the Revolutionary Committee which intended to oust the Spanish government. He was taken to Madrid's Model Jail (Carcel Modelo) where along with a sizeable group of politicians, intellectuals, and workers he was locked up to await trial. Though more sympathetically than actively involved, he had indeed hosted a large group of revolutionaries who were awaiting the moment when they would go out onto the streets to oust the central government: though when the police arrived he vigorously protested that they had gathered in his studio merely to look at art. The 27 illustrations which appear on this website were reproduced from La Carcel Por Dentro, the book of jail drawings which was published shortly after Quintanilla was released from jail in 1935. 50 of the drawings appeared in the book and the originals were drawn with a pencil on 26 x 37 cm. sheets of paper." From The Art and World of Luis Quintanilla.