Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Bombing Sakiet
Lent by the Tunisian Embassy 2002
abstraction
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
birth to death
bomb damage
child
children
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
colonialism
contorted
countries and continents
death
destruction
diseases and conditions
emotions, concepts and ideas
ethnicity
figure
from recognisable sources
group
groups
head in hand / hands
history
horse
man-made
Middle Eastern
military
objects
people
places
pregnancy
ruins
Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef
Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef, French bombing, 1958
screaming
sewing machine
social comment
society
tools and machinery
Tunisia
universal concepts
war
woman
wounded
<p>Sixty-eight Tunisian civilians were killed in a raid on the village of Sakiet Sidi Yousef in 1958. The attack was part of French repressions in neighbouring Algeria, and provoked condemnation around the world. Shocked by the event, de Francia dedicated this epic canvas to the innocent victims. Rather than attempting an accurate record, he used fragmented imagery and harsh colour contrasts to convey the destruction. Like André Fougeron at the same moment in France, de Francia used his art as a means of protest.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
2 April 2001 – 5 March 2006
2006-03-05
2 April 2001 – 5 March 2006
2006-03-05
2001-04-02
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2001-04-02
An Art of Commitment
Collection based display
26 June 2006 – 17 December 2006
2006-12-17
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-06-26
de Francia
Collection based display
1 July 2006 – 18 December 2006
2006-12-18
1 June 2006 – 31 March 2007
2007-03-31
2006-06-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-07-01
Peter de Francia
Collection based display
12 November 2010 – 5 November 2012
2012-11-05
12 November 2010 – 5 November 2012
2012-11-05
2010-11-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-11-12
Gallery 16
Collection based display
The Bombing of Sakiet
support: 1898 × 3653 × 27 mm
Lent by the Tunisian Embassy 2002
<p><span>Sixty-eight Tunisian civilians were killed in a raid on the village of Sakiet Sidi Yousef in 1958. The attack was part of French repressions in neighbouring Algeria, and provoked condemnation around the world. Shocked by the event, de Francia dedicated this epic <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a> to the innocent victims. Rather than attempting an accurate record, he used fragmented imagery and harsh colour contrasts to convey the destruction. Like André Fougeron at the same moment in France, de Francia used his art as a means of protest. </span>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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abstraction actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animals: mammals architecture birth to death bomb damage child children cities, towns, villages (non-UK) colonialism contorted countries and continents death destruction diseases and conditions emotions, concepts and ideas ethnicity figure from recognisable sources group groups head in hand / hands history horse man-made Middle Eastern military objects people places pregnancy ruins Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef, French bombing, 1958 screaming sewing machine social comment society tools and machinery Tunisia universal concepts war woman wounded