Benjamin Palencia (1894-1980)

Aliases: Benjamín Palencia; Benjamin Palencia Pérez

Professions: Painter

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  f - BENJAMÍN PALENCIA ALBACETE 1894-MADRID 1980

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  Benjamín Palencia Albacete 1894-Madrid 1980 , El librero (the book seller) oil on canvas

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  Benjamín Palencia (Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980)

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  Paisaje con árboles

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Benjamin Palencia Biography

(b barrax, nr albacete, 7 july 1894; d madrid, 16 jan 1980). spanish painter. based in madrid from 1909, he was self-taught and began by copying pictures by diego velázquez and el greco in the prado. he received support from the poet juan ramón jiménez and established links with such young poets and artists as federico garcía lorca, rafael alberti, salvador dalí and luis buñuel. in 1925, when he participated in the artistas ibéricos exhibition (madrid, casón buen retiro), his work consisted of mildly abstracted landscapes and cubist still-lifes. after several lengthy spells in paris between 1926 and 1928, where he met picasso, he held a one-man exhibition at the palacio de bibliotecas y museos in madrid (1928), his unconventional choice of material—including combinations of oils, soil and sand—scandalizing both critics and visitors. his work developed towards abstraction under the influence of joan miró and was marked also by surrealism in an effort to synthesize the iberian spirit with the avant-garde.

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