Luis Quintanilla, 39, muralist, etcher, humanist and Spanish Republican, held his first one-man show in the U. S. last week. Pierre Matisse was his sponsor, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos his patrons and apologists. On the sober walls of the Matisse Gallery 39 of Quintanilla's etchings were lined up, all handsomely mounted and glassed. Critics, collectors, and ladies in long mink coats all hurried up to see them. But Luis Quintanilla was not excited. In Madrid behind the bars of the Central Prison he was fighting for his life.
Three years ago Luis...
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