Benjamín Palencia

Benjamín Palencia
Born Benjamín Palencia Pérez
(1894-07-07)7 July 1894
Barrax, Albacete, Spain
Died 16 January 1980(1980-01-16) (aged 85)
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Nationality ESP
Education Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Known for Painting and Drawing
Movement Surrealism, Fauvism
Awards

Benjamín Palencia (7 July 1894 − 16 January 1980) was a Spanish painter and draftsman from Barrax, Albacete. Most notably he became known as co-founder of the School of Vallecas (together with sculptor Alberto Sánchez.[1] The quintessence of the large body of his work is perhaps the poetry of the Castilian landscape as defined by the Generation of '98.

References

  1. "Benjamín Palencia Biography". artnet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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