Benjamín Palencia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palencia and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

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	1943 First prize at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts (Spain) 1961 Gold medal of the Province of Albacete 1970 Gold medal of the Province of Ávila

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 the sculptor Alberto Sánchez Pérez. The quintessence of the large body of his work is perhaps the poetry of the Castilian landscape as defined by the Generation of '98.

External links

• Website of the artist (in Spanish)
• Artist's profile on artnet.com