José Sanfrancisco Orero

José Sanfrancisco Orero, born on 9 April 1944 (Valencia) Spain is a Spanish painter, sculptor, poet and writer belonging to the expressionism movement. In 1950 his family moves to Mendoza, Argentina, where in 1958 he is enrolled at the age of 13 into the Academia Provincial de Bellas Artes y Escuela de Artes Aplicadas a la Aquitecture e Ingeniería.[1] One of his better known works is Música Salvaje (1964), for which he wins the Gran Premio de Pintura de Salón Nacional de San Luís (Argentina) in 1965.[2] In 1967 he writes Antes del mármol a small collection of poems published in Argentina and available today in some of the most notable public and university research libraries, including amongst others the New York Public Library, Stanford University Library and Yale University Library.[3]

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

José Sanfrancisco Orero
Born
José Sanfrancisco Orero

(1944-04-09)9 April 1944
Valencia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationAcademia Provincial de Bellas Artes y Escuela de Artes Aplicadas a la Arquitectura e Ingeniería in Mendoza (Argentina)
Known forPainting, drawing, sculpture, writing, poetry, engraving
Notable work
  • Música Salvaje (1964)
  • Barco en su Descanso (1965)
MovementAbstract Expressionism

References
  1. Martínez, Raquel (2015-07-26). "José Sanfrancisco, el pintor valenciano "olvidado", retoma la vida pública" [José Sanfrancisco, the "forgotten" valencian painter, returns to public life]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  2. "La Celebración de la Semana de la Cultura" [Cultural week celebration]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1965-10-26.
  3. "Antes del mármol. (Book, 1967)". WorldCat.org. OCLC. Retrieved 2015-09-13.


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