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BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Feria del Cristo -Altea-", 1968. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated on the left side. Size: 21 x 32 cm; 38 x 49 cm (frame). After beginning his training as a self-taught artist, Palencia moved to Madrid at the age of fifteen. In the capital he entered the Julio Moisés Free Academy, where he coincided with other outstanding painters such as Salvador Dalí. In 1926 he travelled to Paris and met Picasso and Miró, and on his return to Madrid he made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). He then made several study trips to Italy, Berlin and New York. In 1942 he took up the experience of the Vallecas School, of which he was a founder in 1927, and in 1943 he was awarded the First Medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and a few years later of the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. Palencia is represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others.
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BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Barrax, Albacete, 1894 - Madrid, 1980). "Feria del Cristo -Altea-", 1968. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated on the left side. Size: 21 x 32 cm; 38 x 49 cm (frame). After beginning his training as a self-taught artist, Palencia moved to Madrid at the age of fifteen. In the capital he entered the Julio Moisés Free Academy, where he coincided with other outstanding painters such as Salvador Dalí. In 1926 he travelled to Paris and met Picasso and Miró, and on his return to Madrid he made his individual debut at the Museum of Modern Art (1928). He then made several study trips to Italy, Berlin and New York. In 1942 he took up the experience of the Vallecas School, of which he was a founder in 1927, and in 1943 he was awarded the First Medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1973 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and a few years later of the Academy of San Jorge in Barcelona. Palencia is represented in the Reina Sofía National Museum, in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid and in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Albacete, among many others.
