in the magazine Nós: Spanish people think that to be universal (...) we who make national art (of the Galician nation) are asked to 'kill the regional spirit' and be Spanish; now I ask: if you realize that art has no borders, it means that it is cosmopolitan. Why don't you ask us to 'kill the Spanish spirit'? Well then, if Spanish art can come out of Spain, so can Galician, Basque and Catalan art.For him, art must be universal and cosmopolitan, but linked to the 'mother culture'. When he got in touch with the avant-garde art of Central Europe, he made some disqualifying comments about Picasso, who after his training in Galicia and Catalonia was developing Cubism in Paris. He preferred the Russian vanguards because they were "linked to the people". Later, he published an essay on Cubism, in which he became interested in its structuring of painting and reality, saying that the avant-garde could be "crazy, but not silly", and corresponds with his countryman of Rianxo, the poet Manuel Antonio, searching to renew art and seeking in its roots. Carlos Maside was one of the group who traveled the most. His work was shown in the US by the Carnegie Institute, along with M. Mallo and A. Souto. In Paris, he saw pieces of Gaugin and Van Gogh, which influenced his work beyond the Cubists, Magic realism, and Expressionism, and the writings of Bauhaus professor Kandinsky. He also made graphic works for the Statute of Autonomy campaign. He helped form the Art Collection for the Seminar on Galician Studies, and suggested creating an Art Library to the City Council of Santiago. Unlike other artists who left their country, he stayed in inner exile. In Vigo, he made friends with younger artists like his nephew Xulio and Laxeiro. Manuel Colmeiro was another artist who traveled a lot, which gave him both academic and self-taught training. After the war, he went into exile in Argentina, where he created murals in Galerías Pacífico. In exile, he interacted with artists like Seoane, Rafael Dieste, and Rafael Alberti. He moved to Paris in 1949 and in 1989 he returned to Galicia. In the 60s, he had exhibitions in London and won several awards and recognitions in the 80s. He died in Salvaterra de Minho in 1999 at the age of 98. His daughter Elena Colmeiro was also an artist, specializing in sculpture and