Valencia
He was born in El Canyamelar (Valencia), in 1902. He studied Fine Arts at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia between 1916 and 1921, later expanding his studies in Intaglio Engraving at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid with Carlos Verger Fioretti in 1928 and with Francisco Esteve Botey. In 1930 he went to Paris in order to expand his knowledge. In 1934 he obtained the first medal at the Regional Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1942 he won by competitive examination the chair of Intaglio Engraving at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia, a position he held for more than thirty years. In 1947 he won the National Engraving Prize with the work La illustre fregona, and the following year he was awarded the second medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid for the print Una calle morellana, made in etching and aquatint. In 1952 he again obtained the first Engraving medal at the National Exhibition with his work The Cathedral of Burgos, as well as the medal from the National Group of Artists and Engravers for his work Puerta de Segovia. He was elected full academician of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos in 1953. Pensioned by the Spanish Government, he traveled to Italy in 1957 to expand his engraving studies. An artist with precise technique, he achieved definitive consecration as an engraver in the 1940s, as well as national recognition. His expertise and mastery of both the burin and etching techniques make him an excellent engraver who knew how to obtain the multiple creative possibilities that the freedom of etching strokes allowed him. In this way, his etchings with a pronounced romantic taste allow us to see the city of Valencia through its most unique and emblematic monuments, while perpetuating the urban landscape of the city. Although most of his artistic life was dedicated to the field of engraving, he was also an excellent watercolorist as can be seen in the landscapes and portraits made with this technique, in which the precision in capturing the physiognomy of the effigies stands out.
Spain
